La MaMa to Host Uncut
Small Boat Productions and kotto Productions will launch a complete, uncut Shakespeare staging series at La MaMa’s Club Space, beginning with "Taming of the Shrew" directed by Karsten Otto.
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Directed by Karsten Otto, the Small Boat Productions staging features Juan Arturo Villar-Ojito and Kate Eastman.
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Small Boat Productions and kotto Productions present Shakespeare, Entirely: TAMING OF THE SHREW. Directed by Karsten Otto, the full-length staging will run this summer at La MaMa's newly renovated Club Space from July 9th-August 2nd. Performances are Thursday - Saturday at 7pm and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets are $40-60.
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TAMING OF THE SHREW is Shakespeare's classic comedy about an eccentric fortune-seeker who courts and marries a wealthy, defiant woman widely known as a "shrew". To counter her rebellious temperament, he uses a number of tactics to render her an obedient wife.
In 2024, Ben Natan of Small Boat Productions and Karsten Otto of kotto Productions co-founded what is known now as Shakespeare CSE; Clearly, Suddenly, and Entirely. Shakespeare, Clearly is a training program based around Shakespearean acting technique with a heavy emphasis on honoring verse structure, Shakespeare, Suddenly is a reading series that surprises audiences with a play, and Shakespeare, Entirely will stage productions of each of Shakespeare's plays in full with no textual cuts. For the first Shakespeare Entirely, director and co-founder Karsten Otto will tackle TAMING OF THE SHREW.
TAMING OF THE SHREW will feature Juan Arturo Villar-Ojito, Kate Eastman , McLean Peterson , Uma Paranjpe , Mario C. Brown, Romeo Torres, Milena Makse, Will Sarratt , Jennifer Kim , Langston Darby , Evan Ayer, and Shannon Mastel . Alexandra Haddad will serve as assistant director and fight/intimacy director. Olivia Vaughn Hern is designing costumes. Marissa Todd will be set designer. Amara McNeil will design lighting. Mitchell Polonsky will design sound. Ellie Berry will serve as stage manager. The production team also includes Ben Natan and AJ Liu of Small Boat Productions, Karsten Otto of kotto Productions, Arya Davachi of Dramafriend, Carolina Bowe, Liz Haberland-Ervin, and Caroline Shriver.
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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/TAMING-OF-THE-SHREW-to-Launch-Complete-Shakespeare-Staging-Series-at-La-MaMa-20260603)._
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