Immerse in The Story

Director's Notes

Program notes by The Taming of the Shrew adaptor and director, Shana Cooper.

Real-life couple Alejandra Escalante & Daniel José Molina play Kate & Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, and you can hear what they have to say about that and a whole lot more on The Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast with host Austin Tichenor! (Please note: This interview contains a few swears.)

Play Talk: The Understudies

The actor understudy situation this year has been a new experience at APT, and most especially for the understudies themselves. Join The Taming of the Shrew understudy cast - Samantha Newcomb, John Taylor Phillips and Ronald Román-Meléndez - as they chat about what it's like to prepare to play multiple characters, and, if all goes as planned, never set foot on stage.

Talk Back with the Cast

Join Alejandra Escalante (Kate), Daniel José Molina (Petruchio), Casey Hoekstra, Colleen Madden and James Ridge (who play everyone else) and find out what it was like to work on this outrageous new adaptation of a polarizing Shakespearean classic.

Review: Equal at Last? APT's "Taming of the Shrew" levels the playing field.

-Lindsay Christians, The Capital Times

This one I might need to see again, just to catch it all. Director Shana Cooper’s wild adaptation...makes a case for the conclusion I’ve always found implausible — that Kate and Petruchio are honestly, improbably meant for each other.

Behind the Scenes with Sara Becker & Alys Dickerson

Learn how a professional voice and text session works with APT's Director of Voice and Text, Sara Becker, and APT actor and educator Alys Dickerson.