Kiss Me Kate at CM Performing Arts Center

Kiss Me Kate is Sponsored in part by Panera

What an absolutely 'Wunderbar' Way to 'Brush Up Your Shakespeare' with CM Performing Arts Center’s KISS ME KATE!

Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate is a timeless, delightful musical romp that can be seen again and again. It's an overblown, joyous account of a theatre company putting up a musical version of 'The Taming of The Shrew'. The musical traces the main relationship between director/leading man Fred and his ex-wife/leading lady Lilli as they respectively portray the Shakespearean roles of Petruchio and Katharine (the Shrew to be tamed, of course!). Fred and Lilli are two divorced egotistical actors who adore one another but just cannot be around each other very long without catastrophic, calamitous results. Thrown into the mix are an ambitious showgirl, a Broadway hoofer with a gambling problem and singing gangsters. Despite Fred's ego and Lilli's fiancé, can the two feuding leads get their act together before the curtain closes on this show?


Directed by Danny Amy
Musical Direction by John Farrell
Choreography by M.E. Junge
Stage Managed by Sean Burbige

Starring:
Carl Tese as Pops/General Harrison
Marielle Greguski as Hattie
Dondi Rollins Jr as Paul
Brendan Noble as Ralph
Kristina Lodestro as Lois Lane
Corey Martin as Bill Calhoun
Brianne Boyd as Lilli Vanessi
Jon Rivera as Fred Graham
Sean Burbige as Gangster 1
Ralph D'Ambrose as Gangster 2
Kevin Burns as Flynt/Gremio
Matthew Surico as Riley/Hortensio
Anthony Pizzuti as Stagehand #2/Philip
Erich Grathwohl as Baptista/Stagehand #3
Debbie Hecht as Wardrobe Lady

Featured Dancers:
Debbie Hecht
Meaghan Lakios
Samantha Rosario
Zulfiya Asquino
Jen Amy
Alyssa Caracciolo


Running August 2nd to August 24th.
For more information such as specific dates and times, or to order tickets please contact the Box Office at
(631) 218-2810 or visit our website at www.cmpac.com.