The Taming by Lauren Gunderson
In this hilarious, raucous, all-female "power-play,”contestant Katherine has political aspirations to match her beauty pageant ambitions. All she needs to revolutionize the American government is the help of one ultra-conservative senator's aide on the cusp of a career breakthrough, and one bleeding-heart liberal blogger who will do anything for her cause. Well, that and a semi-historically-accurate ether trip. This madcap romp tackles modern American political extremism, feminism, James Madison, Shakespeare, and beauty queens, The three slightly insane women at its core just might be political geniuses. Here's lookin' at you, America. Initially inspired by Shakespeare’s The Taming of The Shrew, THE TAMING grew out of Gunderson’s desire to wrestle with potent elements inside the Bard’s playful and problematic battle of the sexes. Inside the heightened, cheerfully absurd world of THE TAMING the play spanks America’s insidious, sound bite politics with the switch of actual history and proves Shakespeare’s point that true debate is hot. THE TAMING is the third in Lauren Gunderson’s The Shakespeare Cycle and takes the sass, sex, and banter from Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and tags in modern American politics. Directed by Marti Gobel, the cast includes talented San Diego performers Katee Drysdale, Sutheshna Mani and Kylie Young. Adult Situations and Language
When
Ongoing until Sunday, May 1, 2022
Hours
| Sundays, 2pm-4pm |
| Fridays, 8pm-10pm |
| Saturdays, 8pm-10pm |