MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY, by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, will run at Playhouse on Park from December 1 – 19, 2021. Sasha Brätt will direct this manufacturing.
A sequel to Jane Austen’s Pleasure and Prejudice set two years after the novel ends, MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY continues the story, solely this time with bookish middle-sister Mary as its unlikely heroine.
Mary is rising uninterested in her function as dutiful center sister within the face of her siblings’ romantic escapades. When the household gathers for Christmas at Pemberley, an surprising visitor sparks Mary’s hopes for independence, an mental match, and probably even love.
Sasha Brätt (Director)’s Playhouse on Park credit embody: ALL IS CALM: THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914, TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE, THE REVISIONIST, THE DINING ROOM, and OTHELLO, Director of New Works; Director or Assistant Director: Woolly Mammoth Theater Firm, Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare and Firm, Ivoryton Playhouse, Seven Angels Theatre.
The forged contains Laura Axelrod (Lydia): Atlantic Theater Firm: Jennifer, THE BIG ONE OH!; Hartford Stage: Flying Apparition A CHRISTMAS CAROL; The Monomoy Theatre: Celia AS YOU LIKE IT, Fredrika A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, Raymonde A FLEA IN HER EAR, Kristin Fulton (Jane): The Weasel Competition at The Public: 1981 THE SHES; Refrain TONGUE DEPRESSOR; 59E59: Avra THE BRIEFLY DEAD; Judson Theatre Firm: Viney THE MIRACLE WORKER; Dixon Place: Condoleezza Rice/Actor 2 AUTOPORTRAIT; Twelve Miles West: Saloon Woman/Kate (u/s) WILD OATS, Ted Gibson (Arthur): The Chain Theatre: Elijah DEAD BABIES; College Musical Society: Bernard DEATH OF A SALESMAN; The College of Michigan: Edward SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, Dennis THIS IS OUR YOUTH, Dakota Mackey-McGee (Elizabeth): NYC New Works Studying: Younger Marina OSWALD THE MUSICAL; Gretna Theatre: Nancy OLIVER; Arrow Rock Lyceum: Meg CRIMES OF THE HEART, Karim Nematt (Bingley): Schimmel Middle: Leontes THE WINTERS TALE; St Paul’s Theatre: Macbeth MACBETH, Moira O’Sullivan (Anne de Bourgh): Playhouse on Park: Carol OLEANNA. Off-Broadway: 59E59 Theaters: Charlotte BENEATH THE GAVEL; Regional: Ivoryton Playhouse: Rowena BILOXI BLUES, Violet IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY, Miss Glace CONEY ISLAND CHRISTMAS, Participant One AN ACTOR’S CAROL; Seven Angels Theater: Kari ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID; TV: Murder Metropolis, Deadline Crime with Tamron Corridor, Celeb Ghost Tales, Griffin Stanton-Ameisen (Darcy): Delaware Theatre Firm: EXPLORER’S CLUB; Greenbrier Valley Theatre: JULIUS CAESAR; InterAct Theatre: THE NETHER; Inus Nua Theatre: PENELOPE; Revolution Shakespeare: CYMBELINE, and Sydney Torres (Mary): Seacoast Rep: Morales A CHORUS LINE; Florida Rep: Juliet ROMEO & JULIET, Jackie HAY FEVER, Tania u/s NATIVE GARDENS; Berkshire Theatre Group: Ethel THE MUSIC MAN; Dyanne u/s MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET.
Playhouse on Park can even supply a particular reward field in honor of Jane Austen’s birthday; it will likely be on sale all through the run of the present for $30. Buy it for a liked one, or for your self to get pleasure from this vacation season! Moreover, COSTUME NIGHT will likely be on Friday, December seventeenth. Come to MISS BENNET carrying your most interesting Jane Austen-inspired costume! Winners will likely be chosen, and prizes will likely be given.
The River Bend Bookshop (primarily based in Glastonbury, CT) will likely be on-site in the course of the run of MISS BENNET. The store will likely be crammed with traditional novels, Jane Austen-themed items, and vacation cheer for your complete household. 20% of proceeds will likely be donated to Playhouse on Park. You may additionally store on the Playhouse’s Second Act Store – Curiosities from Playhouse Previous! Nice for vacation items, this boutique will likely be open throughout field workplace hours and earlier than/throughout every efficiency.
Tickets are actually on sale for MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY, and vary from $40-$50. Scholar and Senior reductions can be found. Scholar Rush is $10 (money solely), out there quarter-hour previous to curtain. Previews are on December 1 and a couple of, with all tickets at $20. 2pm matinees are on Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday. Night performances are at 7:30pm on Wednesday and Thursday, and at 8pm on Friday and Saturday.
Alternatively, it can save you 10% in your MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY ticket(s) by changing into a subscriber! 4-show subscriptions are presently on sale for 10% off! Playhouse on Park patrons usually select to subscribe due to the various advantages subscribers obtain. Playhouse on Park additionally presents reductions for group gross sales; inquire right this moment!
For extra data or tickets, name the Field Workplace at 860-523-5900 x10 or go to www.playhouseonpark.org. Playhouse on Park is situated at 244 Park Highway, West Hartford, CT 06119.
