[NEOPAL]RE: "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW" at Stocker Arts Center

Thu Apr 6 07:27:00 PDT 2006

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HAVE YOU ALWAYS THOUGHT SHAKESPEARE WAS BORING... WELL WE'VE GOT A CURE
FOR THAT!=20

COME SEE "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW" AT STOCKER ARTS CENTER ON WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 12th,

AND FIND A WHOLE NEW APPRECIATION FOR THE BARD...

The National Players are bringing their production of "THE TAMING OF THE
SHREW" to the Stocker Arts Center of Lorain County Community College on
Wednesday, April 12th, for two performances.  They will perform a
shortened 90-minute version for a Student Matinee performance at
10:00a.m., and the full-length production at 7:30p.m. =20

"THE TAMING OF THE SHREW," considered one of William Shakespeare's
bawdier comedies, concerns love and marriage: the volatile courtship
between the shrewish Katherine (Kate) and the cunning Petruchio; as well
as Lucentio's somewhat deceitful courting of Katherine's sister, Bianca,
while posing as her tutor.  It begins in Padua, where Lucentio arrives
to attend the university.  His priorities change when he sees Bianca, a
beautiful, mild young woman with whom he falls instantly in love!  There
are two problems: Bianca already has suitors; and her wealthy father,
Baptista, has declared that no one may court her until her older sister,
the ill-tempered Katherine, is married.  Lucentio decides to disguise
himself as Bianca's tutor to gain an excuse to be in her company, and
has his servant, Tranio, pretend to be Lucentio so he can confer with
Baptista about marrying Bianca.  Enter Petruchio, a brash young man from
Verona, who arrives in Padua to marry a rich woman, and does not care
what she is like as long as she brings him a fortune.  He agrees to
marry Kate sight unseen.  The next day he goes to Baptista's house to
meet her, and they have a tremendous duel of words.  As Katherine
insults Petruchio repeatedly, he tells her that they will marry whether
she agrees or not.  While this is going on, several other characters
take on assumed identities to fool various characters so that they will
agree to do what they want them to do, only adding to the comedy and fun
of the piece.  Musical theatre lovers might recognize "THE TAMING OF THE
SHREW" as the basis for the musical "KISS ME KATE."

The National Players production is set in the late 1950's, however it is
still Shakespeare's words.  The company has not "updated" the text.
Bill Gillett, General Manager of The National Players, says, "we've set
"THE TAMING OF THE SHREW" in the late 50s because it helps with the
understanding of why Kate is the way she is.  Instead of being mean and
"shrew-ish" because she was born that way, we see her as a rebel who
doesn't want to fill the Donna Reed or June Cleaver mold as is expected.
Bianca, the "good" sister, plays the Reed/Cleaver role very well, but in
many ways through her actions she's more of the "shrew" than Kate.  To
match Kate's rebelliousness she needed a Petruchio that is her equal, so
our Petruchio also has a touch of the 50s rebel in him.  I would
describe him as a cross between James Dean and Fonzie." =20

Tickets for both performances of "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW" are on sale
now and can be purchased by calling the Stocker Arts Center Box Office,
which is open from 12:00 noon to 6:00p.m. Mondays through Fridays, at
440.366.4040 or 1.800.995.5222 ext. 4040, or tickets can be ordered
online at www.lorainccc.edu/stocker.  =20

Tickets for the 10:00a.m. Student Matinee 90-minute version are $6.00
per person. Tickets for the 7:30p.m. full-length evening performance
are $15.00 for Adults and $10.00 for Children 12 and under. The Stocker
Arts Center is on the campus of Lorain County Community College, 1005
North Abbe Road, Elyria, Ohio 44035. For further information or
directions to Stocker, please call the Box Office or visit the web at
www.lorainccc.edu/stocker <http://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker> . =20

DON'T MISS OUT ON SEEING ONE OF SHAKESPEARE'S BEST COMEDIES PERFORMED
LIVE=20
BY AMERICA'S LONGEST RUNNING CLASSICAL TOURING COMPANY!

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