The Flaming of The Shrew

The Event: A rehearsal for a production of

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.

Unfortunately, rehearsals are not going quite as well as the director, Lynette had hoped. She and her beleaguered stage manager, Carol, seem to be spending the majority of their time keeping their lead actors from tearing each other apart, rather than rehearsing the show.

It seems that Susie who is also Lynette's roommate has taken on the personality traits of her character, Katharine, and is not only playing the part of a shrew, she is living it. And the person bearing the brunt of her ill will is her poor fellow actor, Jason. After a particularly annoying episode, Lynette calls for a break. Taking Jason aside, she suggests that he needs to take on a few more of his own character's traits in dealing with Susie.