Dorset Theatre Festival Presents PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Dorset Theatre Festival, under the leadership of Artistic Director Dina Janis, Producing Director Will Rucker, and Executive Director Marissa Hutton, presents Kate Hamill's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, adapted from the original novel by Jane Austen, directed by Christopher V. Edwards, with a cast that includes Krystel Lucas ("The Blacklist", "Jessica Jones") as "Jane, Miss De Bourgh," Jessica Frey Sense and Sensibility - BEDLAM) as "Lizzy," AISHLING PEMBROKE as "Lydia, Lady Catherine," Dave Quay (The Low Road - The Public Theater) as "Mr. Darcy," Ryan Quinn (Whorl Inside a Loop - Second Stage) as "Mr. Collins, Mr. Wickham, Miss Bingley," Carman Lacivita (Marvin's Room - Broadway) as "Mr. Bingley, Mary," Omar Robinson (Hamlet - Actors' Shakespeare Project) as "Charlotte Lucas, Mr. Bennet," and JOAN COOMBS (Tartuffe - Shakespeare and Company) as "Mrs. Bennet".

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE will begin performances August 9, 2018 at the Dorset Playhouse (104 Cheney Road, Dorset, VT 05251), and will run through August 25, 2018.

A rollicking, witty, and thoroughly entertaining reinvention of the Jane Austen classic

The outspoken Elizabeth Bennet faces mounting pressure from all sides to secure a suitable marriage. But is marriage suitable for a woman of Elizabeth's intelligence and independence? When she meets the standoffish, tall, vaguely handsome, mildly amusing, and impossibly aristocratic Mr. Darcy, they clash initially, but is there something deeper behind their animosity? Literature's greatest tale of manners, society and love has never felt so theatrical or spirited than it does in this effervescent adaptation of Jane Austen's classic romance from acclaimed writer and actress Kate Hamill (Bedlam's Sense and Sensibility).

"This is the stuff hits are made of: delightful, hilarious and a thoroughly modern and inspired adaptation of one of the most loved stories of all times." said Dina Janis.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE features scenic design by Alexander Woodward, costumes by Haydee Zelideth, lighting by Deb Sullivan, sound design by Elisheba Ittoop, and choreography by Alexandra Beller. The stage manager is Victoria Whooper.

Pride & Prejudice is presented in collaboration with Actors' Shakespeare Project.

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