THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Pennsylvania
Shakespeare Festival

Directed by Russell Treyz

At last an opportunity to work with Russ Treyz who had been in on the creation of one of my favorite shows Cotton Patch Gospel. To my delight, I discovered that Russ is a real actors director who lets his actors experiment and try things and then as the opening nears, he sets the best stuff. A great joy to work with. As this production was much more traditional than the last one I'd been in with Drew Barr at the helm, it was sensible to take a more traditional approach. But as always, I let the words do as much of the work as possible. Gremio's motives are remarkably simple: he's a lecherous old Pantalone, hence the long goatee (achieved with copious amounts of the stuff kids use to spike their hair.) It's a little unsettling that, with the exception of the hirsute management, I had to use no make-up.