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 (Associate Director) Folger Theatre: Cymbeline: A Telenovela Dramatic Western (The Reading Room Festival 2026), DC I Love You: First Dates; Other DMV: Imagination Stage: Cinderella: A Salsa Fairy Tale; Keegan Theatre: N; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Merry Wives (Helen Hayes – Best Ensemble). Regional: Dallas Theater Center, McCarter Theatre. NYC/Off-Broadway: Keen Company/Drama League: Cell; National Queer Theatre: The Survival; The Public: Apple Bottom; The New Group: The Capitalist and the Factory Worker. Additional credits with New York Stage and Film, Red Bull Theater, Latinx Playwrights Circle. Awards: Drama League Stage Directing Fellow, NALAC Fellow, Actor of the Year – San Diego Critics Circle. nadiaguevara.com