The beautiful Bianca is besieged by suitors, but her father refuses them all until her older sister, the bold and fiercely independent Katherina, finds an appropriate match. Larger-than-life Petruchio accepts the challenge. However, Katherina will not be tamed easily. Their heated battles hurl this comedy forward as they both learn about compromise and understanding.
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ARTISTIC TEAM
Director/Choreographer––Valerie Rachelle
Scenic Designer––Apollo Mark Weaver
Costume Designer––K.L. Alberts
Lighting Designer––Donna Ruzika
Sound Designer/Original Music Composer––Lindsay Jones
Music Director––Brandon Scott Grayson
Dramaturg––Isabel Smith-Bernstein
Voice/Text/Dialect Coach––Philip Thompson
Fight Director––Stefan Espinosa
Intimacy Director––Jason Spelbring
Stage Manager––Martinique M. Barthel*
Assistant Stage Manager––Emily Marie Wilke*
CAST
(in order of appearance)
Christopher Sly, a drunken tinker––Topher Embrey*
Hostess––Trenell Mooring*
Lady––Caitlin Wise*
Huntsmen––Cassandra Bissell*, Alaysia Renay Duncan, Chloe McLeod
Page––Geoffrey Kent*
Servers––Christopher Centinaro, Alaysia Renay Duncan, Chloe McLeod, Trenell Mooring*, Melinda Parrett*
Messenger––Christopher Centinaro
A Company of Players, portraying:
Baptista Minola, a wealthy gentleman of Padua––Chris Mixon*
Katherina (Kate) Minola, elder daughter of Baptista––Caitlin Wise*
Bianca Minola, younger daughter of Baptista––Valerie Martire
Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, suitor to Katherina––John DiAntonio*
Gremio, an elderly suitor to Bianca––Rodney Lizcano*
Hortensio, a suitor to Bianca, later disguised as the teacher Litio––John Harrell*
Lucentio, young gentlemen, later disguised as the teacher Cambio––James Carlos Lacey
Tranio, servant to Lucentio, later disguised as Lucentio––Cassandra Bissell*
Biondello, servant to Lucentio––Chloe McLeod
Grumio, servant to Petruchio––Blake Henri
Curtis, servant to Petruchio––Topher Embrey*
Nathaniel, servant to Petruchio––Geoffrey Kent*
Phillipa, servant to Petruchio ––Trenell Mooring*
Josephina, servant to Petruchio––Melinda Parrett*
Nicholas, servant to Petruchio––Christopher Centinaro
Petra, servant to Petruchio––Alaysia Renay Duncan
Vincentio, father to Lucentio––Geoffrey Kent*
Widow––Melinda Parrett*
Tailor––Alaysia Renay Duncan
Haberdasher––Geoffrey Kent*
Attendant––Trenell Mooring*
Merchant––Trenell Mooring*
UNDERSTUDIES
Ashley Aquino—Huntsman/Biondello/Hostess/Attendant/Phillipa/Merchant/Server;
Zac Barnaby†—Player/Grumio;
Chauncy Thomas*—Player/Petruchio;
Alaysia Renay Duncan – Player/Bianca;
Gracelyn Erickson†—Huntsman/Tranio/First Server/Josephina/Widow;
Rockwell MacGillivray†—Server/Nicholas/Messenger;
Chloe McLeod—Lady/Kate;
Jimmy Nguyen—Player/Sly/Curtis/Lucentio;
Stephen K. Wagner—Player/Baptista/Gremio;
Matthew Wangemann—Player/Hortensio;
Emily Wheeler†— Huntsman/Server/Tailor/Petra;
Gabriel Wright†—Page/Vincentio/Nathaniel/Haberdasher
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
†Appearing courtesy of the Southern Utah University Fellowship Program.
Shakespeare’s most often performed play at the Festival, with Kate’s character being one of his most memorable women, it contains sexual puns and innuendo and themes of domestic abuse and misogyny but is suitable for most audiences.
