Tame, a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" is the tale of Katerina Minor, a young, hot-tempered painter from Akron with a hard exterior. Kat's emotional walls begin to crack when she meets Porter, an arrogant, smooth-talking outsider who is unafraid of Kat's facade. These seemingly unmanageable personalities, their friends and families progress on a dark-comedic journey of wit, deception, a challenge of gender expectations and examinations of sexuality. This world premier play re-imagining Shakespeare through the lives of LGBTQ+ characters is made possible through a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge. The Knight Arts Challenge funds the best ideas for engaging and enriching Akron through the arts.