THE SHREWD AWAKENING

Shrewd Awakening is an immersive bar-theater experience disguised as a classic rock concert—and quietly staged as a modern reimagining of The Taming of the Shrew. Set inside a working bar with a live band (The Bedrocks!), the audience doesn’t sit back and watch; they participate and collide with the story, the music, and each other as the night unfolds like a set list with something to say.

Built on a foundation of a narrative classic rock set list—raw, familiar, and emotionally direct—Shrewd Awakening fuses concert energy with modernized and reinvented theatrical storytelling. What begins as a night out listening to live music slowly reveals a narrative about power, identity, consent, and self-awareness. The lightly scripted show never announces its literary roots. Instead, it lets the audience discover them in real time, song by song, moment by moment.

Music performed by DC's own original rock band,The Bedrocks. Starring legendary NYC performer Joey Arias.

Featuring classic songs from Elton John, Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks, AC/DC, Fleetwood Mac, KISS, Cheap Trick, The Cure, Eric Clapton, Joey Arias, Led Zepplin, Queen

FEATURING SONGS BY:

• ELTON JOHN
• TOM PETTY
• STEVIE NICKS
• AC/DC
• FEETWOOD MAC
• KISS
• CHEAP TRICK
• THE CURE
• ERIC CLAPTON
• JOEY ARIAS
• LED ZEPPLIN
• QUEEN

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

Get App

Host or Publisher Barrel House