CalShakes continues their season exploring another of Shakespeare's earliest works, Two Gentlemen of Verona, which is thought to be the first play Shakespeare wrote, around 1590. (See also our review of Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare's earliest tragedy, which was the first production of the season.) The current production, The Verona Project, is more than just a modern interpretation of Shakespeare's text, however; it's a wholesale update and revision of the play, with modern language, performed by a band of actors who also form a rock band, with songs from a concept album based on Two Gentlemen of Verona interspersed throughout the action. Suffice it to say, it's a highly original piece, with a lot of good music (though some of it falls flat), a lot of good humor — as well as a faithful exploration of the same themes of love and friendship that Shakespeare intended.