Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is set to make her Broadway debut this weekend, fulfilling one of her dreams.
The Biden appointee will appear in the Broadway show “& Juliet,” which is a take off of “Romeo & Juliet” with a story focus on “what if” Juliet had not died.
The production posted about the Supreme Court justice’s appearance on Instagram, but did not disclose Justice Jackson’s role.
The account did note that Justice Jackson will participate in a question-and-answer session after the performance.
Justice Jackson said she dreamed of performing on stage in her memoir, “Lovely One,” which was published in September.
“I, a Miami girl from a modest background with an unabashed love of theater, dreamed of one day ascending to the highest court in the land — and I had said so in one of my supplemental application essays [to Harvard]. I expressed that I wished to attend Harvard as I believed it might help me ‘to fulfill my fantasy of becoming the first Black, female Supreme Court justice to appear on a Broadway stage,’” a passage reads.
“Let’s make that teenage dream come true, Justice Jackson. See you on Saturday at 8 PM,” the “& Juliet” Instagram post reads.
CNN also reported Justice Jackson studied alongside Academy Award winner Matt Damon at Harvard University.
• Alex Swoyer can be reached at aswoyer@washingtontimes.com.
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