When you arepassionately, purely in love, nothing else mattersnot even life itself.Shakespeare's consummate tragedy of young lovers swept into a catastrophicvortex of misunderstandings, secrets, and fate is set in 1840s Alta California,a vibrant and conflicted time in our history. Romeo and Juliet, the son anddaughter of two landed families locked in an old feud, are irresistibly drawnto each other. Defying the hatred and distrust surrounding them, they dare tobelieve they canand mustbe together.