Lucentio and Bianca hurry to meet the priest Biondello bribed to perform the marriage. Gremio greets Petruchio, Katherine, Grumio and the real Vincentio at Lucentio’s house, where they are met by the Merchant, who insists that he’s Lucentio’s father. Vincentio challenges him and chaos ensues as Tranio tries desperately to keep up the ruse. The newlyweds finally arrive and seeing no way out, they confess their gambit and beg forgiveness from their fathers. Once all is sorted out, Katherine confronts her father and forces him to reckon with his poor treatment of her. Later, the three newlywed couples (Katherine and Petruchio, Lucentio and Bianca, and Hortension and “The Widow”) celebrate their unions. Bianca and Lucentio are already off to a rocky start as they squabble over how much she’s allowed to eat. Hortensio realizes he may not live long as the widow’s fourth husband. Only Petruchio and Katherine seem to be partners in marriage, and when put to the test, Katherine finds new words to describe the meaning of true love.

The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “SHREW!”, was written by AMY FREED and directed by ART MANKE. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.

The cast is as follows:

SUSANNAH ROGERS              as        KATHERINE MINOLA and THE WOMAN WRITER     

ALLEN GILMORE                     as        PETRUCHIO    

ANNIE ABRAMS                        as        BIANCA MINOLA          

MARTIN KILDARE                        as        BAPTISTA MINOLA

BRETT RYBACK                         as        LUCENTIO

KYLE T. HESTER                           as        TRANIO               

MIKE McSHANE                           as        GREMIO             

J. PAUL BOEHMER                 as        HORTENSIO and THE MERCHANT   

DANNY SCHEIE                            as        GRUMIO

KASEY MAHAFFY                        as        BIONDELLO and DORCAS

STEPHEN  CAFFREY                 as        VINCENTIO, THE PRIEST, AND A SERVANT

TESSA AUBERJONOIS            as        THE WIDOW and MISTRESS SLAPBOTTOM

Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.

This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT.

Original music composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.

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