Bad Quarto Productions Presents THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

Bad Quarto Productions, a theatre company specializing in performing modern
theatre using Shakespearean staging techniques, will stage The Taming of a
Shrew, the earliest printed version of Shakespeare's famous Shrew play.
Printed in 1594, The Taming of a Shrew dates from the earliest moments in
Shakespeare's career as a writer and actor, when the man we all know simply
as "the Bard" was a relative newcomer to the London theatre scene of
Renaissance England. Though it precedes the more commonly known version
(from the 1623 First Folio) by almost 30 years, The Taming of a Shrew is a
version of the shrew taming play that was shockingly progressive for its
time, and that answers many of the concerns of modern Feminist critics.

The Taming of a Shrew
The 1594 Quarto
October 24 - November 8
All evening performances at 8PM and matinee performances at 2PM
Directed by Tony Tambasco
At Studios 353 (353 W 48th St., New York)
www.badquarto.org
For tickets visit: ashrew.bpt.me
or call (646) 598-2128

The Taming of a Shrew is directed by Tony Tambasco, features cast members
(in no particular order) Derek Peruo, SaraLynn Evenson, Cassie Wood, Charles
Baker, Ed Ikeguchi, Lizzy Andretta, Beatriz Browne, Alex Dabertin, Andre Silva,
Rachel Matuse, Cameron Blair, Roz Cavallaro and James Overton with costume
design by Beth Bois-Fowble and will play at Studios 353 (353 W. 48th St., New York)
from October 24th through November 8th on the following days and times:

Saturday, October 24th: 8 PM.
Sunday, October 25th: 8 PM.
Friday, October 30th: 8 PM.
Sunday, November 1st: 8 PM
Monday, November 2nd: 8 PM ("Industry Night" with discounts offered for
performing arts professionals)
Friday, November 6th: 8 PM
Saturday, November 7th: 8 PM
Sunday, November 8th: 2 PM

The house opens 20 minutes before curtain times, and The Taming of a Shrew
has an approximately 90 minute running time. Come early and enjoy live
music performed by the cast.

For tickets and more information, please visit us online at
http://www.BadQuarto.org. Questions may be directed to Director Tony
Tambasco at tony@badquarto.org, or by calling Bad Quarto's box office
at (646) 598-2128 between 10 AM and 6 PM.

Of The Chronicle Historie of Henry the Fift, director Tambasco says "A Shrew
interrogates the explicit misogyny of The Shrew by making Kate a consensual
participant in her own taming. Kate tells the audience in an aside she wants to
make sure her would-be husband is man enough to make her act like a proper
woman, which removes the taming plot from the realm of domestic abuse and,
along with the indefinite article of the play's title, raises a further question of
who is taming whom."

About Bad Quarto Productions: Bad Quarto Productions was founded in 2010 to
explore the rarely performed plays of Shakespeare's time, and the ways in
which Shakespeare's staging techniques can inform modern theatrical
productions. The company has produced the earliest printed version of Romeo
and Juliet; the first performance of The Merry Devil of Edmonton in 300 years;
and The Ballad of Dido, an original musical developed using Shakespearean
techniques. Bad Quarto's performance style has found favor with audiences
wherever we've played, and we continue to look for new ways of bridging the
gap between Shakespeare's theatre and our own.

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