Shakespeare Repertoire
The Taming Of The Shrew & Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
In cooperation with Pella Shakespeare Company
“[Shrew] delivers a rollicking
good evening of fun”
John Busbee,
KFMG 99.1 FM - The Culture Buzz
(full review - adobe pdf)
Shakespeare performances at
Grand View University Viking Theatre
sponsored by:
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The Taming of the Shrew (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Twelfth Night (Folger Shakespeare Library)
ORIGINAL RUN
June 14-24, 2007
The cast and crew for The Taming of the Shrew
| Petruchio | David Oddy * |
| Katherine | Jami Bassman * |
| Bianca | Evan Layne Hay * |
| Lucentio | Nick Cornelison * |
| Baptista | Naima Nicholson * |
| Hortensio | Luke Baehr * |
| Gremio | Doug Chew * |
| Merchant | Bob Baskerville |
| Tranio | Phil Henry * |
| Vincentio | Robert Uy * |
| The Clowns (servants, townspeople, etc) | Andrew Jordan Adams * Scottie Baer * Lisa DeWaard * Kyle Phillips * Dylan Rolfes * Amanda Zeller * |
| Director | John Butz |
| Costume Design | Christy Wilkins |
| Stage Manager | Patti Spencer Burdette * |
| Tech Operator | Melissa Rezab |
| “*” denotes CHANGE debut |
Cast for Twelfth Night:
| Sebastian | Thomas Gill |
| Viola | Susan Gulbranson |
| Olivia | Jen Wooten |
| Maria | Aimee Crippen |
| Sir Toby Belch | Bruce Haustein |
| Sir Andrew Aguecheek | Mike Tweeton and Jon Merkle |
| Orsinio | Michael Rather |
| Malvolio | Daniel Haymes |
| Court | Katelyn Hughes |
| Antonio/Captain | Jason Chohon |
| Feste | D.C. Felton and Rachel Wiese |
| Curio | Andrew McGuire |
| Fabian/Valentine | Joe Cerwinske |
| Court/Juggler | Doug DeWolf |
| Court | Alexis Baugh |
| Court/Priest | Rebecca Claus |
| Director | Dr. Sodd |
| Fight Master | Michael Sokoloff |
| Choreographer | Valerie Williams |
| Artistic Director/Producer | Ann Wilkinson |
CHANGE teams up with the Pella Shakespeare Company for our last show of the season. We’re selecting not one, but TWO of Bill’s brilliant comedies and playing them in repertoire with the Pella Shakespeare Festival.
The Taming Of The Shrew: The beautiful and gentle Bianca has no shortage of admirers but her father insists that she will not marry until her shrewish sister, Katherine, is betrothed. Bianca’s suitors persuade fortune-seeker Petruchio to court her. Sparks fly between Katherine and Petruchio and they enter into various slanging matches but not to be put off, Petruchio marries Katherine. His behaviour following the wedding is intolerable and he carries Katherine off and intending to browbeat her into submission, he craftily denies her food and sleep, whilst continuously singing her praises. He also finds fault with her new clothes and she is forced to wear old ones. This is the final straw and Katherine starts agreeing and pleasing her husband - she has been tamed. The theme of the play is a farcical comedy but the question is did Shakespeare really believe that a woman was in no way equal to a man or was this play tongue in cheek and was he portraying how men would simply like things to be!
Twelfth Night; or What You Will: Orsino loves Olivia (who won’t give him the time of day). Olivia loves Viola (whom she thinks is a boy). Viola loves Orsino (who doesn’t know she’s a girl). Malvolio loves himself (of course), and Sir Andrew, Sir Toby Belch, and Maria love life to its fullest (and its most outrageous). It’s all hilarious confusion and rollicking laughs in this, one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies.
