One part sexy, one part sweet, one part patriarchy. Garnish with what-the-fuck. Serve in a bank, or a fancy restaurant. 

Sunday, June 9, 8pm
1050 W Wilson 
  (right off the Wilson Redline)

In collaboration with the amazing Pivot Arts Festival, BRSP presents Taming of the Shrew, in a beautifully abandoned bank in Edgewater. 

Two weeks later, we'll do it again, in a date-night fancy restaurant. 

The bank is amazing. It is where every one of your post-apocalyptic steampunk dreams lands you: partway abandoned, partway cleared by zombies. 

Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's best plays. It is also completely jacked, from all kinds of perspectives. Directors work hard to make it easier to swallow than it is. Come see what the it's like at cask-strength. 

What will be easy to swallow is the beer. And the food. Benvenuto, Goose Island! (Not a BYO event, folks.) 

For the first time, we are also suggesting a donation at the door of $5. Notice what bars have covered: a public place of amusement license, a liquor license, chairs, trash cans, and - crucially - working bathrooms. Also notice how a post-apocalyptic bank has none of this covered. Filling these gaps are the fine people at Pivot Arts. Heroes, truly. 

So please pitch in $5 if you can at the door. We're not setting a precedent here for future ticket prices; we're just providing you with beer and bathrooms. 

Featuring: Sarah Taylor, Matthew Sherbach, Will Allan, Caitlin Costello, Molly Rose Lewis, Robert Hope, Alex Weisman, Matt Holzfiend, Kelley Ristow, Alanna Rogers, Audrey Flegel, Nicholas Harazin, Samuel Taylor, Thom Cox, and Sarah Fornace. 

But wait - there's more!

On June 24th, we will do it again. In a very different space. 

Shakespeare's company performed in two very different venues: the Globe and the Blackfriar's. The Globe playhouse was on the bad side of town, where the bearbaiting and whores were. It was enormous, cheap and beer was plentiful. Inspirational to us - obviously.  The Blackfriar's was small, the tickets cost much more, and the people wore their finest clothing (with hundreds of tiny mirrors sewn into them). It was intimate and exclusive, and the tickets were hot. 

So fuck it, let's try it: a Globe show and Blackfriar's show. The Globe show is the bank. The Blackfriar's show will be at a restaurant, will include fancy foods and drinks, and will be by reservation only. Details to follow. 

We don't have directors. Instead, we rely on the enthusiasm and discipline of the actors. 

But we do seek greatness. We seek after the heart of the text: hot blooded, reckless, light hearted and generous.

We need no director to do these things:

• Make us understand what you say.
• Always move forward.
   
  
• Do not be afraid. 
   
  
• React to what is actually happening in the room.
   
  
• Say it in your own voice. (No. Really.)
• Serve the whole play, not just your bit.
  

Nice whiskey drinks in nice little jars go to the actors who successfully implement these principles. 

The audience decides.

That's the Chicago way.

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