Jeff Award-winning director Rachel Rockwell is behind Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s latest abridgement of the Bard for families in Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew. See how the fortune hunter Petruchio (Matt Mueller) goes about taming the fiercely independent Katherina (Erika Ratcliff) in one of Shakespeare’s most controversial comedies. Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew plays Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. through April 7 at Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand Ave. Tickets are $16-$20; call 312-595-5600 or visit www.chicagoshakes.com. Photo of Matt Mueller as Petruchio and Erika Ratcliff as Katherina in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew by Michael Brosilow