Photo Flash: Mia Rocchio, Jeff Church, & More in Burbage Theatre Company's THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

By: Mar. 13, 2015
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The Burbage Theatre Company presents a new take on 'The Taming of the Shrew' by William Shakespeare, for a limited run of seven performances at the William Hall Library in Cranston, RI. Burbage Theatre Company. Artistic Director Jeff directs this whimsical farce about how we fall in love and the consequences that come with who we end up with. Check out a first look at the cast below!

Lucentio falls in love with Bianca, the enchanting youngest daughter of Signior Baptista. So do the cunning Hortensio and sickly Gremio. But before they may compete for her love, Baptista must marry off his eldest daughter Katherine. Her only fault? She is quick-witted, often mean-spirited, and prone to physical violence. But along comes Petruchio, a blunt swaggering rapscallion with a hunger to be wed wealthily and the social awareness of a stone. While the others pine and plot, Petruchio sets about to tame the wild Katherine in the most creative of ways.

Aside from its hilarity, having some of the best wordplay and physical exchanges early Shakespeare has to offer, this play is about sexual provocation, about making a game of the struggle for power in a relationship.

The insular nature of such a game - so intimate a sport - brings about a much truer and desirable love than is expected at the beginning of the play. Framed as a play-within-a-play, Burbage's 'Taming' is a play about how the most successful relationships are not necessarily love at first sight, nor are they ever quite perfect from the start.

"The Shrew is as much a romantic comedy as it is a farce... Shakespeare, who clearly preferred his women characters to his men (always excepting Falstaff and Hamlet), enlarges the human, from the start, by subtly suggesting that women have the truer sense of reality."
- Harold Bloom, from 'Shakespeare: the Invention of the Human'

'The Taming of the Shrew' begins previews on Thursday, March 5; opens on Saturday March 7 2015 @ 7:30; and closes on Saturday, March 21 2015. Critics and members of the press are invited to attend Press Night on Saturday March 7 2015 To make ticket arrangements, please contact us at btctheater@gmail.com

ABOUT BURBAGE THEATRE COMPANY:

Founded in 2010, the Burbage Theatre Company (BTC) is grounded in a sparse aesthetic coupled to an excellence in storytelling. Richard Burbage, an actor in William Shakespeare's acting company, captivated audiences with nothing but himself, a bare stage, and words provided by the greatest of playwrights. Burbage is committed to presenting the viewing public with socially relevant and compelling stories, both classic and contemporary, told by an inventive ensemble of actors. We are committed to stimulating thought about the stories we tell and the means by which they are told.

BTC has produced over ten plays in the Providence, RI area since 2010, performing in such venues as Perishable Theatre, The Artists' Exchange, and the William Hall Library with an ever-evolving ensemble of over fifty members.

For more information contact, btctheater@gmail.com or visit us at btctheater.wix.com/Burbage

Photo Flash: Mia Rocchio, Jeff Church, & More in Burbage Theatre Company's THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Mia Rocchio & Jeff Church

Photo Flash: Mia Rocchio, Jeff Church, & More in Burbage Theatre Company's THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Andrew Iacovelli, Nathanael Lee, Jonathan Fisher, and Roger Lemelin

Photo Flash: Mia Rocchio, Jeff Church, & More in Burbage Theatre Company's THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Laine Wagner & Dillon Medina



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