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MARIA GETS TAMED IN CO-OP's "SHREW"

June 17, 2008

By William Hanford Lee, Jr.

BJP Entertainment client Maria Lee will be starring as Kate the Shrew in William Shakespeare's romantic comedy THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, this summer at the Actors Co-op Theatre Company in the Crossley Theatre in Hollywood.

Directed by Ted Rooney, the production is part of "3 Shakespeariments: A Summer of Shakespeare," at Actors Co-op. It is the first show in the Co-op, Too! summer series, followed by HAMLET, directed by Marianne Savell, in July, and AS YOU LIKE IT, directed by Richard Israel, in August. The shows are produced by Heather Chesley and Stephen Van Dorn.

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW show runs June 18, 19, 20, & 27, 28, 29, with performances on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 2:30 & 8pm, and Sundays at 2:30pm. The Actors Co-op is located at 1760 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, CA, 90028.

Actors Co-op is an award-winning theatre company located in the heart of Hollywood. Founded in 1987, the Co-op operates under a contract with Actors Equity Association, the professional union for stage actors. Among its many awards, the Actors Co-op was awarded the Hollywood Arts Councils Charlie Award of Excellence in Theatre Arts and the Margaret Harford Award for Sustained Achievement from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle.

For ticket information for THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, call the box office at 323-462-8460 x400. For more information about the Actors Co-op, visit their website at www.actorsco-op.org.