Show Overview
Kate Hamill's playful new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters — sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne — after their father’s sudden death leaves them financially destitute and socially vulnerable.
Set in gossipy late 18th-century England, with a fresh female voice, the play is full of humor, emotional depth, and bold theatricality. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY examines our reactions, both reasonable and ridiculous, to societal pressures.
When reputation is everything, how do you follow your heart?
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The Herald Calls LNT's production "Breathtaking" and "Pure Creative Energy" Read the entire review here
Production Team
Directed by Kathleen Keenan
Scenic Design by Kim Bent
Choreography by Taryn Noelle
PSM & Properties by Laura Gist
Costume Design by Rebecca Stewart
Lighting Design by David Schraffenberger
Music Design by Tim Tavcar
featuring:
Leon Axt, Sam Balzac, Mariana Considine, Michael Dewar, Laura Michele Erle, Annie Evans, Erin Galligan-Baldwin, Brett Lawlor, Amanda Menard, Katelyn Manfre, Eve Passeltiner, Sebastian Ryder,
Scoop Info
This is a highly physical, almost dance-like, ensemble-oriented adaptation.
A Group of "Gossips" take you through the whole-story, fast and furious. You think internet trolling and viral judgements are bad now, try living in London society in early 1800!
CHECK OUT MARY GOW'S PREVIEW ARTICLE IN THE TIMES ARGUS
Read Margaret Harrington's Review of LNT's Production- which is quickly become a Fan Favorite
Check out these fun Jane Austen quotes
Read short biography on Jane Austen
Buzz Info
“Perhaps the greatest stage adaptation of this novel in history.” — The Huffington Post
“ ... an unconditional delight ... invigorating ... a bouncy, jaunty take on Austen ... remains remarkably true to the values and priorities of its source. The classic Austen preoccupations with real estate, income, class, reputation and equilibrium in life are all rendered brightly and legibly here.” — The New York Times
“ ... inventive, faithful, clever and hilarious. Kate Hamill’s marvelous play is one of the best stage adaptations of a literary classic. Our Jane would have expressed her approval.”
— TheaterScene.net
“ ... so full of galloping comic vitality as to suggest a bunch of stupendously clever kids playing dress-up in the nursery. It’s by far the smartest Jane Austen adaptation to come along since Amy Heckerling’s Clueless, and at least as much fun.”
— The Wall Street Journal
“ ... rowdy, exuberant ... thoroughly modern yet not at all contemporized. Kate Hamill’s felicitous adaptation gives us ageless emotions, couched in the mores and locutions of the past, yet timeless in their arduously suppressed intensity.”
—Time Out (New York)