The American Shakespeare Factory proudlyannounces the latest salvo in their ongoing war against boring classical theater,as the Bard’s controversial farce about the eternal war between the sexes isbrought screaming and kicking into the modern-day American South. When therascally Petruchio weasels his way into a wealthy family by hitching himself tothe hellraising oldest daughter, Kate, he must find a way to tame the fierylass before she ends up taming him -- which she just might.

This bold and shameless new take on avenerable stage classic is brought to you by the company that produced thefastest-selling show in NYC indie theater history, the infamous TwoGentlemen of Lebowski, as well as past classics such as BitchMacbeth, Sugarbaby!, and the smash-hit Plan 9 FromOuter Space, which The New York Times called “just about perfect”.This is guaranteed to be the sensation of the season, and is the perfect introto Shakespeare for people who hate Shakespeare.

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW will feature Lindsey Carter (Plan 9 fromOuter Space with DMTheatrics; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?with Untitled Theater Company #61), Edgar Eguia (Goliath in the PlanetConnections Theater Festivity), Josh Potter, Adam Swiderski (Bitch Macbethwith DMTheatrics; Willy Nilly with Piper McKenzie Productions), KymberlyTuttle (Titus Andronicus with DMTheatrics), and Brianna Tyson (TwoGentlemen of Lebowski with DMTheatrics).

Frank Cwiklik (Director) FRANK CWIKLIK (Director) is now in his second decade of pumping out loud, excessive, almost entirely pointless theater in various NYC venues, despite the pleas and entreaties of audiences and critics, and in defiance of several court orders and Federal regulations. With his needlessly gargantuan theater company, the roundly despised DMTheatrics, he has produced and/or directed over thirty shows since 1999, and has worked as an actor and designer for dozens of shows for other defenseless entities in that time. His best-known works include the influential S&M futuristic fantasia Bitch Macbeth (whose third appearance at Williamsburg’s Brick Theater smashed box office records and earned a 4-star review in Time Out New York); the controversial political satire Sugarbaby! (published in the 2004 NYTE Plays and Playwrights Collection, available onAmazon.com); the smash-hit Vegas version of Antony and Cleopatra (winner 2003 OOBR Award for Outstanding Production); an infamous series of Ed Wood adaptations which played to sellout crowds at the legendary Todo Con Nada, as well as The Red Room, The Brick, and The St. Marks Studio Theater; and countless more. Recently, he produced and directed the world theatrical premiere of the viral phenomenon Two Gentlemen of Lebowski, which broke indie NYC theater attendance records and attracted audiences from as far away as Sweden and the U.K; and the stage adaptation of Plan 9 From Outer Space, which the New York Times called "just about perfect", which proves their standards have slipped precipitously. His most recent work, Bible and Wine, played at The Kraine Theater in February of 2011, and featured two new tracks from orchestral pop pioneer Eric Matthews. Cwiklik's immersive, eccentric, aggressive directorial style has earned him praise from The Village Voice, The New York Times, Time Out New York, nytheatre.com, Backstage, and Show Business Weekly, and has influenced many directors working both on and off Broadway. Cwiklik's DMTheatrics Laboratories are busily constructing the next phase of his ongoing assault on delicate sensibilities, including American Shakespeare Factory entries As You Like It and Hamlet; an adaptation of the noir classic Scarlet Street; and God's Comic, a fantasia based on the work of silent comedy great Harry Langdon.