Artemisia Presents their First Feminist Shakespeare - SHREWISH

Shakespeare's angel-faced gang tames a bad boy Kate in this sassy, gender-swapping version of Taming of the Shrew. SHREWISH opens November 4 and runs through November 20th at the beautiful Edge Theater, 5451 North Broadway, in Edgewater. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 6:00 pm. There is a special, one-time only matinee on Saturday, November 5th at 2 pm. Tickets are available at artemisiatheatre.org.

Adapted and directed by Barbara Zahora, SHREWISH is a sexy romp through a wild night, as street-smart sweethearts pull the ultimate gender "switcheroo." Petruchio, a woman of color, tames Kate, a man, with a little hustle from her shady, beautiful crew. Shakespeare's battle of the sexes takes on a whole new meaning with a terrific cast featuring Dan Wilson, India Gurley, Savanna Rae, Danielle Davis, Veronda Carey and Mary Ann de la Cruz playing multiple roles.

Each-and-every performance will be followed by tantalizing talkbacks led by Regina Buccola and her team of scholars. Join us for fearless conversations around our collective experience of gender and the unexpected thrills of seeing ourselves through a different lens. SHREWISH is made possible by the generosity of the Chicago Community Trust Foundation's Strengthening Artistic and Cultural Diversity Grant and also supported by funding from the Puffin Foundation.

Buy your tickets today at artemisiatheatre.org and enjoy out-of-the-box, gender-bending fun in SHREWISH, Artemisia's first-ever feminist Shakespeare.

Artemisia aims to produce plays that empower women, give playwrights career-altering opportunities and bring groundbreaking new theatre to Chicago audiences, who are engaged as a vital part of Artemisia's play selection process.

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