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Taming of the Shrew
January 2017

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Voices Found Repertory continues its first season with a love story between two sociopaths. So, you know, a romantic comedy. Directed by Sam Robinson, this explosive tale has been a pop culture staple since its debut in the 1590s, inspiring the musical Kiss Me, Kate and the 1999 rom-com hit 10 Things I Hate About You. Its controversial depiction of a relationship between two terrible people is a play within a play, and preserving its original introduction creates a safe space to explore its themes of love, hate, materialism, gender roles, and finding “the one” in unexpected places.
When Christopher Sly passes out in a bar, a local nobleman plays a trick on him and convinces him that he is actually a lord recently awaked from a coma. A troupe of actors (in on the nobleman’s joke) performs a play for the confused Sly: The Taming of the Shrew. This play within a play is about Katharina, the headstrong and violent daughter of a wealthy lord in Padua, Italy. Her father has sworn that until she is married, he will not marry off his younger (and gentler) daughter Bianca to any of her many suitors. Katharina’s temper and wit have made her infamous across Padua, and it is thought no one will ever be brave enough to court her… Until Petruchio crashes the party. Loud, brazen, and utterly insane, Petruchio courts Katharina with confidence, and the two find a bizarre connection in their shared enjoyment of chaos. When he takes her back home to “tame” her, things get hairy — and they wouldn’t want it any other way.
“When you strip The Taming of the Shrew of its comic sub-plot… and focus on the bare bones of the story of wildcat Katherine and her ‘tamer’ Petruchio, Shakespeare's early play looks… barbarous, offensive and misogynistic. Yet Shrew is remarkably popular with audiences… either theatre-goers are secret sadists, who like nothing better than watching a spot of wife-bashing, or there's more to Shrew than meets the eye.” —Maddy Costa, the Guardian.

CALENDAR INFORMATION
WHERE
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The Arcade Theatre (at the Underground Collaborative)
161 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee WI, 53203
WHEN
Jan 18 - 22, 2017
PERFORMANCE DAYS
Wednesday January 18
Thursday January 19
Friday January 20
Saturday January 21
Sunday January 22

​7:30 PM
7:30 PM
11:00 PM
2:00 PM/7:30 PM
2:00 PM
RUNNING TIME
90 minutes (with a 15 minute intermission)
Parking: Free street parking after 6:00pm
Surface lots between Michigan & Clyborne/2nd & Plankinton
The Grand Avenue Mall garage on Plankinton Ave (between Michigan St and Wisconsin Ave)

PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Production Team
Executive Producer
JARED STEPP
Producer
ERIC SCHMALZ
Director
SAM ROBINSON
Stage Manager
SARAH SCHLEHLEIN
Lighting Design
AARON SUGGS
Marketing Director/Sound Design
​JAKE RUSSELL THOMPSON
Cast
Petruchio
ROC BAUMAN
Hortensio, Lord
​THORIN KETELSEN
Baptista, Huntsman,
​Petruchio’s Servant #3
NICK HURTGEN
Pendant, Widow, Haberdasher
JESSICA TRZNADEL
Vincentio, Tailor
NICK WISE
Curtis, Page
​CAROLINE BOETTCHER
Bianca, Petruchio's Servant #1
​BEATRICE KUENN
Tranio
ALY ROBINSON
Biondella, Hostess,
​Petruchio’s Servant #2
WREN DU VERNOIS
Lucentio, Servingman #2
​KYLE CONNER
Katharina
HALEY HAUPT
Buckingham/Prince Edward/Murderer
JAKE RUSSELL THOMPSON
Gremio, Servingman #1
GLENN WIDDICOMBE
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  • Home
  • About
    • Our Company Members
  • Our Work
    • Season Six >
      • THE TEMPEST
    • Season Five >
      • MARGARET
      • A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
      • 2021 New Works Festival
      • THEY CALL ME DRACULA
    • Season Four >
      • Henry V
      • THE ELEPHANT MAN
    • Season Three >
      • Titus Andronicus
      • Medea
      • Hand To God
    • Season Two >
      • The King John Festival
      • Hamlet
      • Oedipus Rex
      • Macbeth
    • Season One >
      • Romeo & Juliet
      • Coriolanus
      • Taming of the Shrew
      • Richard III
      • Theatre Games
      • Twelfth Night
  • Sponsorship
  • VFR Merchandise
  • Press