The Endstation Theatre Co. and Sweet Briar College will present the inaugural Blue Ridge Summer Theatre Festival July 9 through July 27 at Sweet Briar College. The festival’s first season will feature an outdoor production of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” and the premiere of “The Bluest Water: A Hurricane Camille Story,” an original play about the 1969 storm that devastated Nelson County in Virginia. Tickets are $10; call (434) 381-6537 for reservations.

“The Bluest Water” show times are 7 p.m. July 9, 11, 16, 18, 23 and 25, and 2 p.m. July 13, 20 and 27 in Murchison Lane Auditorium. “Romeo and Juliet” show times are 7 p.m. July 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24 and 26 in front of Benedict Hall. Rain dates are July 20 and 27.

Endstation is an independent non-profit theater company, which maintains its office at Sweet Briar College. For more information about the company, please contact Geoff Kershner, Endstation artistic director, at (434) 381-6537 or visit www.endstationtheatre.org.