Adaptation for Romeo and Juliet

your vision for how it will be unique and appealing to audiences.
It happens in college. It will appear some students' daily life and recall audience's memory of student's life.

Romeo and Juliet are both Senior. Although Romeo was banished and in the prison , Juliet could wait for graduated and went to find Romeo. But Lord Capulet told her that she needed to get PHD so that she could come back to her own country. Juliet wanted to be with Romeo so she asked for help from Friar Lawrence who just graduated from school and worked as a teacher in the college. Friar Lawrence then told her to buy a gun and used it in the dorm. The plan was successful but because Romeo did not know it because he was in the prison. When he heard that in Juliet's dorm there was gunshot and Juliet disappeared, he was desperate and suicide. When Juliet went to the prison to find Romeo, she found the corpse of him and she suicide also.

the tone or feeling you want to create (comedic, tragic, etc.),
It is a tragic ending. In the ends, both of them died in the prison.
Scenes(IN COLLEGE): parties, fight among Tybalt, Mercutio, and Romeo, Romeo expelled from school, also was banished from the country, Juliet was banished because she bought gun and used it in the school, Romeo knew this and suicide in the prison, Juliet suicide.

Characters: Romeo(student), Juliet(student), Friar Lawrence, Lord Capulet(Juliet's dad), Mercutio(Romeo's roommate/friend), Tybalt(student), Prince(headmaster).



explain the setting of the adaptation
It happens in American's college. The parties will be in the pool, the fight among Tybalt, Mercutio, and Romeo will happen in the dorm. Romeo will be banished from the country, so shows Romeo is in another country, Juliet will get gun from Friar Lawrence with Friar Lawrence's help in the gun shop, Romeo in the prison knew this and suicide in the prison, Romeo suicide in the prison.
where you would stage it
In the black box. Because in the black box is easy to control the lighting, so that when Romeo was in the prison and speaking to the Juliet, it will not confused audience by using the light to separate them.

what costumes, props, lighting, music, or other theatrical elements you would want to include
In the school they need to wear academic dress. In the prison Romeo needs to wear prison dress. When they are fighting, Romeo needs to have a gun to kill Tybalt; Juliet needs to have a gun; In the prison Romeo needs to have a knife to suicide. The types of music that requires in the play will be romantic music, sad music, passionate music. For lighting, it only requires 3 colors, white(show daily life), purple(show the love between Romeo and Juliet), and black(show the nighttime, and show the life in prison).

Finally, please note all the reasons why you think this version would be a good choice for groups to stage in our class.
I choose the play to happen in college because I think the life in college is suitable for the people nowadays. Also, this version is easy for the class to comprehend because we studied in the school for 11+ years.