Connecticut Free Shakespeare 2016 Presents TAMING OF THE SHREW

Free Shakespeare (CFS) and Festival! Stratford are moving heaven and earth this year to bring a professional production of Shakespeare's most boisterous comedy to the public for free. A skillful, hilarious adaptation of William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew will be performed on the grounds of the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre in Stratford from Wednesday, August 17 through Sunday, August 21 from 8 to 10 pm.

Artistic Director, Ellen Lieberman, has drawn on the broad comedy and physical humor of commedia d'elle arte in adapting and retelling the play. "This is our silliest show to date," she said. "It is all about love. It is joyful!"

Connecticut Free Shakespeare (CFS) was founded in 2000 as an offshoot of Dandelion Productions. It is a non-profit theater company whose mission is to produce free-to-the-public professional works of classical theater in an accessible, skillful, imaginative American style that honors the playwright's language and intentions and that crafts these plays with a 21st century sensibility. CFS is committed to mounting productions that make the works of great playwrights accessible to a broad range of Audience members, including those not familiar with their work, without jeopardizing artistic integrity.

Taming of the Shrew is sponsored by Actor's Equity Association, Festival! Stratford, Avram and Rhoda Freedberg Family Foundation, Norma Terris-Albert Firestone Foundation, The WorkPlace, Klein Memorial Auditorium (audition space) and Bridgeport Innovation Center.

For more information, go to www.ctfreeshakespeare.org or facebook.com/CT Free Shakespeare. Info on other Festival! Stratford programming can be found at www.festivalstratford.org.