Messiah College theatre department presents “The Taming of the Shrew”
October 24th, 2014
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (Oct. 24, 2014) — The Messiah College Department of Theatre and Dance presents William Shakespeare’s production “The Taming of the Shrew” Nov. 13 through Nov. 16 and Nov. 20 through Nov. 23. Show times are 8 p.m. on Nov. 13 through 15 and Nov. 20 through 22, and 3 p.m. on Nov. 16 and 23. General admission tickets cost $10; student and senior citizen tickets cost $7. To purchase a ticket, contact the Messiah College Ticket Office at 717-691-6036 or visit messiah.edu/tickets.
This play, directed by Adjunct Instructor in Theatre Tom Ryan, will be held in Miller Theater, located in the Climenhaga Building.
About “The Taming of the Shrew”
The beautiful and gentle Bianca has no shortage of admirers (Lucentio, Gremio and Hortensio) but her father insists that she will not marry until her shrewish sister, Katharina, is betrothed. Bianca’s suitors persuade fortune-seeker Petruchio to court her. The suitors pay for any costs involved and there is also the goal of Katharina’s dowry. Petruchio marries Katharina and he carries Katharina off to his country house with his servant Grumio. Petruchio intends to browbeat Katharina into submission and he denies her food, sleep and her new clothes, whilst continuously singing her praises. Katharina is tamed. They return to Padua where Lucentio has won Bianca. At a banquet they wager on who has the most obedient wife. Each wife is issued with commands but only Katharina obeys and promptly lectures everyone on the importance of wifely submission.
About Messiah College
Messiah College, a private Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences, enrolls more than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Established in 1909, the primary campus is located in Mechanicsburg, Pa., near the state capital of Harrisburg.
