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The "Harvest Theatre of Toledo":http://www.harvesttheatre.com/information.html presents a "William Shakespeare":http://www.mahalo.com/Shakespeare comedy called "_The Taming of The Shrew._":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taming_of_The_Shrew
This opened last weekend, and the final two performances are this weekend.
* *Date:* Sat, Sep 15 and Sun, Sep 16
* *Time:* 3:00 p.m.
* *Place:* Ottawa Park Amphitheatre - "map":http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2204+W+Bancroft+St,+Toledo,+OH+43607,+USA&ie=UTF8&ll=41.670556,-83.595614&spn=0.008175,0.024376&z=16&om=1 - _off Kenwood Boulevard, across from Toledo Hospital and behind the police substation_
* *Cost:* FREE
* Sep 6, 2007 Toledo Blade story: "2 productions focus on troubled romance":http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070906/ART10/709060343/-1/ART :
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Bill Quinlan, the founding producer of "Harvest Theatre of Toledo":http://www.harvesttheatre.com/, said he was looking for a place to rehearse when someone told him about the Ottawa Park amphitheater. "I saw this beautiful, big space, and I thought it sure would be fun to do something out here," he said.
With a background in New York theater, he was very familiar with that city's Shakespeare in the Park series, so he decided to see how Toledo would respond to a similar event. The result is The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare's comedy about Katherina, a wasp-tongued beauty, who is married off by her father to Petruchio, who seeks a wealthy wife.
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br. Sidenote: I've seen Harvest Theatre productions at the "Collingwood Arts Center":http://www.collingwoodartscenter.org and at a church in the Old West End. They are looking for a permanent home, so if you have a building that's not doing anything, contact HT. From the Harvest Theatre Web site:
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The Harvest Theatre of Toledo is currently seeking a permanent venue that we can call "home" for future seasons. If you have any ideas or thoughts on this, please give Producing Director, Bill Quinlan a call (419) 902-0608, or drop him an email at bq@harvesttheatre.com
Ideally, we are looking for a space which is affordable to a not-for-profit group to rent on a "per show" basis (or monthly if the rent is really cheap!) and seat approximately 100-150 people comfortably in an audience friendly area. It doesn't necessarily have to be a theatre per se, but even a "found" space where we would have some flexibility in creativity would be wonderful!
We are considering working with another local theatre that is also looking for a home base, so there is a good chance that the site could be busy most of the year.
Any suggestion would be tremendously helpful!
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