Kiss Me, Kate: Power Dynamics in 'The Taming of the Shrew'
Booking and details
Dates Fri, Jan 26, 2024, 6:30pm
Venue
Folger Haskell Center
Across the street from Folger Theatre
Tickets $20; $15 for Members and Subscribers ($35 - Festival Pass)
Duration 1 hour
Flirty or ferocious? A rom-com, or a toxic relationship? The central relationship of The Taming of the Shrew has offered a wide variety of interpretations through the centuries. In this interactive exploration, audience members will be invited to experiment with these roles to explore the power dynamics at play in Shakespeare’s complex comedy.
Festival Pass – $35
Access to all Festival open rehearsals, readings, screenings, and conversations.
All-Access Pass – $75
Everything in the Festival Pass, plus invitations to the opening and closing parties.
Students – Free admission to readings and conversations
Admitted free one-half hour before event start time, with a valid ID
Carla Della Gatta
Carla Della Gatta (Dramaturg) Folger Theatre: debut. Academic appointment: Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Maryland. Publications: Latinx Shakespeares: Staging US Intracultural Theater; co-editor of Shakespeare and Latinidad; online theatre archive, LatinxShakespeares.Org. Service: Steering Committee for the Latinx Theatre Commons, board member for Shakespeare Survey and the Arden series, Shakespeare and Social Justice. Two-time Folger fellowship recipient. Carladellagatta.com.
Nadia Guevara
Nadia Guevara (Director – Cymbeline) Folger Theatre: DC, I Love You. 1st Stage: Young Americans; Keegan Theatre: N; Imagination Stage: Cinderella: A Salsa Fairy Tale; American University: Fefu and Her Friends, Spring Awakening. Off-Broadway: Keen Company: Cell; Atlantic Theater Company: Caribbean MixFest; Latinx Playwrights Theatre / The New Group: The Invisible Hand of God Touched Me in a Bad Place; The Public Theatre: Apple Bottom; National Queer Theatre: The Survival, Criminal Queerness Festival; Red Bull Theatre: The Beast of Hungary, Short New Play Fest. Regional: University of Rochester: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead; Texas Tech University: Water by the Spoonful; Dallas Theater Center; McCarter Theatre; New York Stage & Film. Awards: 2018 San Diego Critics Circle Actor of the Year; Drama League Stage Directing Fellowship. SDC Member. nadiaguevara.com