Juliet & Jul-yingtai at Vermilion Theater

Juliet & Jul-Yingtai is a Mandarin and English bilingual production that brings Shakespearean tradition into conversation with Chinese folklore. Incorporating traditional elements such as nuó dance, the piece embraces cultural diversity and creates a vivid cross-cultural dialogue. Through a contemporary lens shaped by memory, fate, and mirrored selves, it reimagines the journeys of two iconic heroines. Co-directed by Yifei Pei and Vermilion Theater Founding Artistic Director Wisteria Deng, ad created by an all-women cast and creative team, the production centers women’s voices and challenges inherited ideas of femininity, love, and agency across Western and Chinese literary traditions.

Our inaugural production (premiered in New Haven, April 2025), Juliet and Jul-Yingtai, blurs the boundary between love and death, remembrance and reincarnation. Set in a dreamlike purgatory where every soul must choose between moving on or reliving the same fate, two star-crossed women - Juliet and Jul-Yingtai - defy the limits of memory, language, and time.

Join us for a limited run at one of Boston’s most historic venues.

Performance Schedule:

• Thursday, Jan 15, 2026: 7:30 PM
• Friday, Jan 16, 2026: 7:30 PM*
• Saturday, Jan 17, 2026: 2:00 PM** & 7:00 PM

*Includes a special post-show dialogue in partnership with Asian Women Development Plan International.

**Includes a special post-show dialogue "Reigning the Margins: A Conversation with Emerging Immigrant Theater Makers Along the East Coast".

As a proud recipient of the Strand Theatre Grant from the City of Boston, Vermilion Theater is pleased to provide this performance at no cost to all attendees.

If you are moved by our work, we gratefully welcome donations to support our artists and keep the theater alive.