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 is an Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at University of Maryland. She is author of Latinx Shakespeares: Staging US Intracultural Theater and co-editor of Shakespeare and Latinidad. She built and created the online theatre archive, LatinxShakespeares.Org. Dr. Della Gatta is on the Steering Committee for the Latinx Theatre Commons and serves on the boards for Shakespeare Survey and the Arden series, Shakespeare and Social Justice. She is a two-time Folger fellowship recipient.
Nadia Guevara
Nadia Guevara (she/her) is a director based in DC and NYC. She has worked across the country at The Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Dallas Theatre Center, New York Stage and Film, Red Bull Theatre, The Old Globe, and Keegan Theatre, among others. She has been a guest director for American University, Texas Tech University, and Johns Hopkins University. Upcoming projects: Cinderella: A Salsa Fairy Tale (Imagination Stage), Spring Awakening (American University), Cell (Keen Theatre/Drama League DirectorFest), The Survival (National Queer Theatre/PACNYC) She is the 2022-2024 recipient of The Drama League Stage Directing Fellowship. In 2018, Nadia was named Actor of the Year, San Diego Critics Circle, and has since retired from acting. www.nadiaguevara.com