On April 28, 2013, we staged our 3rd annual Shakespeare production - THE TAMING OF THE SHREW - for a sold-out crowd at The Victory Gardens Biograph Theater.
Our ensemble of 17 teens shared roles performing scenes and monologues in Shakespeare's original verse, as well as songs from Cole Porter's KISS ME KATE, to tell the story of the brash and headstrong shrew Kate’s rocky courtship to a “mad-cap ruffian” named Petruchio.
Here are Petruchio (Ben) and Kate (Marissa) at the end of a long journey.
(A Note About Our Process: Rather than pressuring our actors to memorize or having them read from a piece of paper, each teen has a volunteer to drop them in, so they never have to worry about lines and can instead focus on having fun onstage!)
