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Petruchio (Matt Mueller) attempts to woo the reluctant Katharina (Ericka Ratcliff) in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew, adapted and directed by Rachel Rockwell and playing Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. now through April 7, 2012. Photo by Liz Lauren.

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Lucentio (Nicholas Harazin), disguised as a tutor, professes his adoration to Bianca (Tiffany Yvonne Cox) in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew, adapted and directed by Rachel Rockwell and playing Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. now through April 7, 2012. Photo by Liz Lauren.

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Petrucio (Matt Mueller) arrives for his wedding to Katharina (Ericka Ratcliff) dressed in peculiar attire, to the shock and amazement of Baptista Minola (Don Forston, second from right) and Bianca (Tiffany Yvonne Cox, far right), in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew, adapted and directed by Rachel Rockwell and playing Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. now through April 7, 2012. Photo by Liz Lauren.

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Tranio (Alex Goodrich) explains his disguise to Biondella (Jessie Fisher) in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew, adapted and directed by Rachel Rockwell and playing Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. now through April 7, 2012. Photo by Liz Lauren.

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Hortensio (Matthew Sherbach) fails in his attempt to teach music to the wildly spirited Katharina in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew, adapted and directed by Rachel Rockwell and playing Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. now through April 7, 2012. Photo by Liz Lauren.

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Katharina (Ericka Ratcliff) finally affirms her love for Petrucio (Matt Mueller) before their friends and family in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew, adapted and directed by Rachel Rockwell and playing Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. now through April 7, 2012. Photo by Liz Lauren.