| by Hotspur |

Have you ever wondered what Kate was thinking when she was getting “tamed?” Well, I’ve been wondering the same thing! So one day, I decided to sit her down for an interview.

Hotspur: Thanks for joining us today, Katharina.

Katharina: You are welcome. I hope this will be quick, cause I have a boxing match starting in 45 minutes.

Hotspur:  Well, I only have a few questions for you to answer.

Katharina: Let’s do this, then – and get it over with!

Hotspur: When you had your wedding, and Petruchio showed up looking like a mad man, what were you thinking?

Katharina: Oh… well… I was like, “I’m going to get married to this freak? You have got to be kidding me!” And then when he dragged me off like that, I was like, “this can’t get any worse, can it?” But it did.

Hotspur: And were you surprised that it did get worse?

Katharina: YES. I had no idea he was PLANNING to starve me, deprive me of sleep and mentally confuse me, just so I would change and be a better person.

Hotspur: So do you think he tamed you?

Katharina: Well… I mean, yes? But when people are rude to me or try to hurt me, then they will come out of that with a black eye or broken arm, but people can be mean you know!?

Hotspur: I totally understand. 🙂

Katharina: Well, this was great, but the boxing match is about to start.

Hotspur: Thanks so much for the talk and good luck!!!

Katarina: Thank you.

Now you know. Katharina is really a boxer and she won’t take any flak. Otherwise, it’s “Kapow!” for you, too!

Note from ImprovEd Shakespeare: Oddly enough, the author “Hotspur” is playing Katharina in our production of Taming of the Shrew. We at ImprovEd Shakespeare are very entertained by her ability to play two different personas in this conversation. We venture to hypothesize: Was Katharina just acting at the end?

Hotspur is an advanced martial artist. She likes beating the fuzz out of bags. Occasionally she wants to beat the fuzz out of Shakespeare because he’s so complicated. She’s really good at dying on stage. The histories are her favorite because of all the stage combat and use of sharp objects.