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Janet McTeer and Cush Jumbo Rehearse The Taming of the Shrew

Phyllida Lloyd directs the all-female free Shakespeare in the Park production.

| New York City |

April 28, 2016

Janet McTeer and Cush Jumbo head the cast of the free Shakespeare in the Park production of The Taming of the Shrew. — Janet McTeer and Cush Jumbo head the cast of the free Shakespeare in the Park production of *The Taming of the Shrew*.
(© Joan Marcus)

Rehearsal photos from the upcoming all-female free Shakespeare in the Park production of The Taming of the Shrew have been released. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd and starring Cush Jumbo and Janet McTeer, the production will run at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park from May 24-June 26.

Stacey Sargeant and Janet McTeer share a scene in rehearsal.
(© Joan Marcus)

Jumbo and McTeer will star as Katherina and Petruchio. They will be joined by Candy Buckley (Vincentio), Donna Lynne Champlin (Hortensio), Rosa Gilmore (Lucentio), Judy Gold (Gremio), LaTanya Richardson Jackson (Baptista), Teresa Avia Lim (Biondello), Adrienne C. Moore (Tranio), Anne L. Nathan (Pedant), Gayle Rankin (Bianca), Pearl Rhein (Ensemble), Leenya Rideout (Ensemble), Jackie Sanders (Ensemble), and Stacey Sargeant (Grumio).

Gayle Rankin, Cush Jumbo, and Teresa Avia Lim appear in The Taming of the Shrew. — Gayle Rankin, Cush Jumbo, and Teresa Avia Lim appear in *The Taming of the Shrew*.
(© Joan Marcus)

The Taming of the Shrew features set and costume design by Mark Thompson, lighting design by Robert Wierzel, sound design by Mark Menard, and music composition by Sam Davis.

Phyllida Lloyd directs The Taming of the Shrew. — Phyllida Lloyd directs *The Taming of the Shrew*.
(© Joan Marcus)

Tickets to the Public Theater’s free Shakespeare in the Park are distributed, two per person, at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park on the day of the show. The Public Theater will again offer free tickets through its Virtual Ticketing lottery on the day of the show.