Mistress Slapbottom clears the pub of all its rowdy revelers, leaving her alone with a woman who laments being tasked with ghost writing a sexist play about the taming of a shrew. She begins a page one rewrite, making the female protagonist, Katherine, a woman who loves learning and cannot stand being cooped up by the men who try to control her. We meet Lucentio and Tranio, who are visiting Padua. Strolling through the university, Lucentio is immediately smitten by Katherine’s sister, Bianca, an airhead who loves being in a man’s world. He conspires with Tranio to disguise himself as a tutor in order to gain access to Bianca by way of instruction. Meanwhile, Petruchio arrives in town with his trusty servant, Grumio, to visit his friends. They are greeted by Petruchio’s old pal, Hortensio.

The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “SHREW!”, was written by AMY FREED and directed by ART MANKE. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.

The cast is as follows:

SUSANNAH ROGERS              as        KATHERINE MINOLA and THE WOMAN WRITER     

ALLEN GILMORE                     as        PETRUCHIO    

ANNIE ABRAMS                        as        BIANCA MINOLA          

MARTIN KILDARE                        as        BAPTISTA MINOLA

BRETT RYBACK                         as        LUCENTIO

KYLE T. HESTER                           as        TRANIO               

MIKE McSHANE                           as        GREMIO             

J. PAUL BOEHMER                 as        HORTENSIO and THE MERCHANT   

DANNY SCHEIE                            as        GRUMIO

KASEY MAHAFFY                        as        BIONDELLO and DORCAS

STEPHEN  CAFFREY                 as        VINCENTIO, THE PRIEST, AND A SERVANT

TESSA AUBERJONOIS            as        THE WIDOW and MISTRESS SLAPBOTTOM

Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.

This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT.

Original music composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.

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