a fresh look at SHAKESPEARE

Kiss Me Kate

directed by edmondREYNOLDS

music and lyrics by colePORTER

book by bella & samSpewak

june 11-14, 2009
8pm Th-Sat, 2 pm Sun

lydia mendelssohn theatre

synopsis

One of American Theater’s most beloved musical comedies, Kiss Me Kate is the raucous and romantic story behind the scenes of a production of The Taming of the Shrew. Real-life exes spar and sputter as they attempt to portray the Bard’s famous warring characters, Kate and Petruchio.

staff

production staff

Director - Edmond Reynolds
Producer - Douglas Harris
Music Director - Tyler Driskill
Choreographer - Emily Perryman-Bugala
Assistant Director - Bob Wittersheim
Stage Manager - Bob Wittersheim
Set Designer - Leo Babcock
Costume Designer - Nan Wirth
Set Builder - Mark Batell
Set Painter
Sound Designer - Bob Skon
Sound Assistant
Lighting Designer - Tiff Crutchfield
Lighting Assistant
Graphic Designer - Erik Wright-Olsen
Properties and Set Dressing - Susan Fisher
Hair and Make up
Show Photographer - Tom Steppe
Managing Director - Suzi Peterson
Program Director - Cassie Mann

cast

Fred Graham / Petrucchio
Lilli Vanessi / Kate
Lois Lane / Bianca
Bill Calhoun / Lucentio
Harrison Howell
First Man (Gangster)
Second Man (Gangster)
Harry Trevor / Baptista
Hattie
Jeane (Ralph)
Stage-Doorman
Paul
Gremio
Hortensio
Haberdasher
Featured Dancer
Men's Ensemble
Women's Ensemble

extras

listen to tracks from Rhapsody

Play Tracks
1. Overture  
2. Another Op'nin', Another Show  
3. Why Can't You Behave?  
4. Wunderbar  
5. So in Love  
6. We Open in Venice  
7. Tom, Dick or Harry  
8. I've Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua  
9. I Hate Men  
10. Were Thine That Special Face  
11. Too Darn Hot  
12. Where Is the Life That Late I Led?  
13. Always True to You in My Fashion  
14. Bianca  
15. So in Love (Reprise)  
16. Brush up Your Shakespeare  
17. I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple  
18. Finale: Kiss Me, Kate  
19. Kiss Me Kate Overture [*]  

Great Performances' "Kiss Me Kate" Page