Synetic Theater may have a new trademark on its hands.

Ever since its premiere of Hamlet…the rest is silence, the company has been excelling in a new brand of Shakespearean performance: the silent type. And while their Macbeth was no slouch, the company has another winner in its new production of Romeo and Juliet that may, in fact, trump it.

The set is dominated by large, metallic gears and a large, swinging pendulum, demonstrating that this take’s emphasis will be on how the inner workings of fate will be stacked against our young couple (in typical Synetic fashion, dancers also become moving gears themselves at some points). It isn’t the only theme emphasized by this production — a pulsating, behind-the-screen scene of the couple’s lovemaking gives the story an erotic charge, and other moments add a playful, humorous element to the workings as well.