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The Shrew Tamer

Adaptation by Brooke Ciardelli and Oscar Blustin from William Shakespeare & John Fletcher

World Premiere

Addison Award-Winner

Boston Globe – Ed Siegel

“Ciardelli has fashioned a play of significant historical interest”

WBUR Boston

“hilarious Elizabethan entertainment”

VT Public Radio – Betty Smith

“What’s significant is that it hasn’t been done before, not into a single evening so far as we know. It is significant that we get an unknown sequel to a well-known story. It is significant that we have a fascinating and effective contrast in texture. It makes for an appropriate contras in the dramatic experience.”

The Herald

“Enter Brooke Ciardelli and her penchant for bringing fresh, exciting theater to Vermont . . . a world-premiere production of the caliber worthy of the best of regional theaters. Every element of the production works together delightfully, from the original music to the costuming, from set to lighting and every aspect heightens and underscores brilliant directing and top-notch acting from the entire company”

Vermont Times

“A fascinating experiment in theatrical history is center stage – the putting together on one bill of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and John Fletcher’s response called The Tamer Tamed, a reply written 20 years after Shrew. Ciardelli is the force that made this happen – she made the cut-down version of Shrew the first act of the new play, and Flectcher’s play the second act.”

Valley News – by William Craig

“an original and admirable adaptation by Brooke Ciardelli . . . What’s more to Shakespeare’s score, Ciardelli and her actors offer the most sympathetic interpretation of The Shrew’s motivations this reviewer has ever seen”

Times Argus – by Jim Lowe

“Ciardelli has not only taken a creative risk, she has succeeded in creating a delicious new comedy . . . Ciardelli, one of Vermont theater’s real innovators, has successfully condensed each play into one act, creating one cohesive two-act … wickedly funny comedy”

Times Argus – by Jim Lowe

“Feminists who had trouble with the outcome of Shakepeare’s The Taming of The Shrew should love Brooke Ciardelli’s production of The Shrew Tamer – as should all lovers of good comedy.”

CREATIVE

Director: Brooke Ciardelli

Scenic Design: Jeff Modereger

Costume Design: Rachel Kurland

Lighting Design: Jason Rainone

Fight Director: John Hayden

Original Musical Compostion: Paul Englishby

CAST

Jefferson Slinkard

Maren Perry

Vivia Font

Thom Haneline

Aaron Munoz

Michael Solomon

Summer Serafin

Karl Jacob

Nicholas Urda

David Fehr

Rowan Brooks

Lena Kaminsky

Heidi Fagan