The Taming of the Shrew - Press Release
OPENING HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO SATURDAY AUGUST 15TH WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S THE TAMING OF THE SHREW - AUGUST 15TH - AUGUST 29TH
For the 2009 season, A Small Company In America (ASCIA) is pleased to present William Shakespeare‘s The Taming of the Shrew. The production is being directed by Port Washington’s own Scott E. Jarvis with a great cast of new and veteran ASCIA members. As seen in Newsday, director Scott E. Jarvis is quoted as saying, “that this production will include the rarely seen Induction. It begins with another story entirely, so it’s a play within a play. In this version, a sleeping drunkard is taken to a manor and duped by the lord of the manse into thinking he’s been asleep for 16 years. In the midst of this, the lord has a group of traveling actors perform the play we know as ‘The Taming of the Shrew’”.
The cast includes Susan L. Blake (Glen Cove), Courtney Connolly (Rockville Centre), Jesse Lee Combs (Lindenhurst) Arielle Harding (Mill Neck), Anthony Mattera (Holbrook), Ashley Mattera (Holbrook), Karl K. Melissen (Deer Park), Greg Moller (Levittown), Jack Morris (Amityville), Brian Rossi (Levittown), Michael Schlapp (West Hempstead), Paul Wallace (Franklin Square) and Stephen T. Wagner (Hicksville).
This production will be presented in ASCIA’s home in the New York Institute of Technology’s Old Westbury Campus. The theater is located in Salten Hall. Easily accessible, the campus is on Northern Blvd. (between Glen Cove Road and Route 107) The production dates for Taming of the Shrew are as follows: Saturdays: August 15th, 22nd & 29th at 8:00 pm, Sundays: August 9th, 16th & 23rd at 3:00 pm, and Fridays: August 21st & 28th at 8:00 pm. All evening performances start at 8:00 PM and the Sunday matinees start at 3:00 PM. Ticket prices are $20 for evenings and $18.00 for matinees with a senior discount of $2.00 off each ticket and student and children’s tickets always $10.00. Please note that due to the current economic downturn, ASCIA will probably not be mailing out their usual postcard as a reminder to their subscribers. Please pass the word that August is The Taming of the Shrew and that it is not to be missed.
As the Theatre in Residence, at NYIT, the theater holds 80, so call (516)-68 6-7894 or visit our website at http://www.asmallcompany.org/ for information or tickets. For directions, please visit the NYIT website, www.nyit.edu/about_nyit/locations__maps__and_directions/ . Reserve your tickets today for William’s Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and help us celebrate 29 years of extraordinary “theatre where you live.”