The Creation of Kiss Me Kate with Charles Troy

Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 12-1:30 pm

12-12:30 pm Lunch | 12:30-1:30 pm Program

Anshe Emet Synagogue, 3751 North Broadway, Chicago

Cole Porter's triumphant show came along at a most propitious time, when he'd been given up as passe by Broadway audiences, and when the show's Shakespearean subject matter was particularly pertinent. It was after WWII, when the women who had been aiding the war effort in the workplace had been "tamed" back into the kitchen by the then-current culture. James Shapiro's book, "Shakespeare in a Divided America," lays out this revelatory idea, and Charles Troy's multimedia presentation dramatizes and expands upon Shapiro's brilliant concept.

Support for this program has been graciously provided by The Albert and Lucille Delighter and Marcella Winston Foundation, a Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.