UC Shakespeare Trial 2022: Romeo, Juliet, and the Case of Friar Laurence

Is Friar Laurence culpable for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? You are the jury in this interactive trial!

The 2022 Shakespeare Trial will be held at the Freight and Salvage Theater in Berkeley, California and streamed remotely.  The Trial will feature Dean Erwin Chemerinsky (Berkeley Law), Prof. Bernadette Meyler '06 (Stanford Law), the Honorable Andrew Guilford, and actors from New Swan Shakespeare Festival. Your hosts are Eli Simon and Julia Lupton.

Click here to register for the live stream on Eventbrite.

Click here to access the streaming video, the jurors' poll, and information about attending the live event in Berkeley, CA.

Story about this year's trial