2025 Summer Repertory - King John/Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Dates: 7/16/2025 - 7/26/2025
📍 Theatre: Shakespeare Theatre Company
STC Academy
450 7th St NW Washington DC 20004
Washington D.C., DC 20004
Phone: 2025471122
The Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy is a Master of Fine Arts program that trains actors to work with classical language and embody mythic storytelling. This is classical work in its purest form: energetic and lean, with a focus on actors, language, and story.
After completing a one-year intensive program of coursework spanning classical text study, stage combat, and more, the Class of 2025 performs two plays in repertory as the culmination of their training: The Taming of the Shrew, Or, Petruchio is Kated and King John.
Tickets are $20 for the general public.
The Taming of the Shrew
Or, Petruchio is Kated
Directed by Shanara Gabrielle
By William Shakespeare
In this sharp-tongued Shakespeare classic, the tables are turned and the taming gets tangled. Petruchio may arrive ready to dominate, but Kate’s no easy prey—and might just be holding the reins all along. Meanwhile, Lucentia poses as a tutor and schemes to woo the radiant Bianca with help from her quick-witted servant Trania, who’s playing Lucenti-o in public and pulling strings in secret. Gender bends. Power flips. Love gets messy. Nothing is what it first appears.
Performance Dates
JUL 16 at 7:30pm
JUL 18 at 7:30pm
JUL 20 at 7:30pm
JUL 22 at 7:30pm
JUL 24 at 7:30pm
JUL 26 at 2pm
King John
Directed by Aaron Posner
By William Shakespeare
Power is a tenuous thing in King John, Shakespeare’s fierce, fast-moving tale of political gamesmanship, shifting loyalties, and fragile legitimacy. As England’s rivals jostle for the crown, John claws to keep control—facing off against rebellious nobles, a bold French king, and even his own nephew’s claim. Deals are struck, oaths are broken, and war looms large, but in the end, it’s not just armies or titles that decide who holds power—it’s who survives the fallout. A rarely staged gem packed with powerful language and sky-high stakes.
Performance Dates
JUL 17 at 7:30pm
JUL 19 at 7:30pm
JUL 20 at 2pm
JUL 23 at 7:30pm
JUL 25 at 7:30pm
JUL 26 at 7:30pm
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