As Lucetta gently and sometimes not-so-gently and indulgently chides the whining, pouting, passionately impulsive Julia it is impossible not to think of a child squaring off her worldly-wise mother, who has seen — and felt — this all before.
Paparelli does another exceedingly effective thing — flashes amusing asides in surtitles to announce the setting for each scene. But what really makes the play work is the spin Veenstra and Paparelli put on Valentine. It would be easy to make Valentine a plaster saint, a noble victim, but if he is, every effort to redeem Proteus is doomed.
Veenstra gives Valentine an angry, self-indulgent edge, particularly in the opening scenes, so that we understand we are dealing not with abstractions but with flawed people like ourselves. The fine work of these two young actors steers this play past its deficiencies and helps reveal its deep humanity. True love is not suffering, but it is ready for suffering when suffering comes, and Launce has suffered for his dog. Other reviews. Guest Author - April 7, Meet Michael Ryan Neely.
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The only production I can remember attending was performed at Gallaudet University, a college for deaf and hard of hearing students where my mother used to teach history. The first production of The Taming of the Shrew that I remember seeing was at a local community theater. I had just decided not to be bar mitzvahed, and, facing pushback from my grandparents, was questioning all religious tradition.
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