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IMPORTANT
TICKETING MESSAGE:
PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY
Lines start forming 4 hours before show time!!!!
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
directed by David Muse
original direction by Rebecca Bayla Taichman
August 27-September 12, 2009
Sidney Harman Hall
Showtimes vary. Please check the
calendar.
Runtime: approximately 2 hours 30 minutes
with one intermission |
The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Free For All is a much-loved Washington
tradition, offering free performances of a Shakespearean classic to the general
public. This year the Free For All moves to STC's new state-of-the-art
theatre Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW; Metro Stop: Gallery Place-Chinatown).
“Smashing … a chic, funny
and marvelously acted modern-dress production.”
The Washington Post
“A fun, frivolous and happy parody … the
cast in this wonderful, zany world is superb.”
Metro Weekly
With The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare gives us the improbable
courtship of the fiery-tongued Katherine by the arrogant Petruchio. But unlike
Shakespeare’s other romantic comedies, the play does not stop with the
wedding. Shakespeare considers the institution of marriage, the rifts between
men and women, and the rough journey toward love. One of Shakespeare’s
earliest and most popular comedies, The Taming of the Shrew bursts
with disguise, deception and devilment.
Tickets:
Tickets can be obtained free of charge in-person the day of the performance
at the Sidney Harman Hall Box Office. Our Box Office staff will begin distributing
tickets two hours prior to curtain (please note curtain times do vary). Each
person in line is allowed two tickets. Tickets are subject to availability.
Seating is reserved and will be at the discretion of House Management.
COME EARLY - Patrons have started lining up for tickets
each day as early as four hours prior to the performance time. While we do
not start handing out tickets until two hours prior, the line has been forming
much earlier. Please arrive early to increase your chances of receiving a ticket
to that night’s performance.
Subscribers/Friends of Free For All:
As a benefit of subscription, all 2009-2010 season subscribers may reserve
their Free For All tickets in advance of select performances. Friends of Free For All may
also reserve tickets in advance. Anyone may become a Friend of Free For All
by making a tax-deductible contribution to support this important outreach
program.
Food:
Light meals, sandwiches, snacks and assorted beverages are available in our
lobby before the performance and during intermission.
How to get to Sidney
Harman Hall
Take Metrobus or Metrorail to the Free For All.
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