Your message might be used on a future episode. 2-5, PlayMakers Repertory Company will present New York City-based playwright and actress Kate Hamill’s fresh, new, comic reimagining of Jane Austen’s 1811 romance novel, Sense and Sensibility, which PRC describes as a gossip-driven comedy of reason and romance, in the Paul Green Theatre in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Joan. Based on the novel by Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility tells the story of two sisters, responsible and reserved Elinor, and passionate and romantic Marianne, and their journey through trials of love and life following the death of their. Have something you’d like to say to the Subtext? Call 50. Creek Theatre’s upcoming production of the play Sense and Sensibility has re-energized interest in classic literature.
It becomes less about the characters and the relationships than about energy and shame and all sorts of awkward humor. Subscribe to the Subtext on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, TuneIn, or via its RSS feed. Shelves: fiction, jane-austen, humor, theater-film-script Kate Hamill's adaptation brings a breakneck pace and slapstick comedy to Pride and Prejudice. That set her on the trajectory she’s been on ever since, as author of both adaptations and original works.ĭespite having five productions cancelled or postponed in 2020, Kate maintains a positive outlook for a post-pandemic future, ready for what her husband and sometime acting partner Jason O’Connell (they recently appeared in a Syracuse Stage production of Talley’s Folly) optimistically calls “the next roaring ’20s.” Her first effort, which started as a bet with a friend, was an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility that ended up becoming a New York Times Critic’s Pick and running for nearly nine months Off-Broadway. Kate shares the story of finding herself in audition after audition for characters that lacked depth and agency, which is why she decided to start writing plays herself. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. This month Brian speaks with the prolific and oft-produced playwright Kate Hamill, whose plays include Sense & Sensibility (in which she originated the role of Marianne), Vanity Fair (in which she originated the role of Becky Sharp), Pride and Prejudice, Dracula, In the Mines (a Sundance Lab semi-finalist), Little Women, Em (Red Bull New Play finalist), and The Little Fellow (O’Neill semi-finalist). High school students laughed as they read through the script of Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Sense and Sensibility in this old clip of their virtual script reading class. (Photo by Sub/Urban Photography)Įach month Brian James Polak talks to a fellow playwright about the things usually left unsaid. In a conversation that dives into life’s muck, we learn what irks, agitates, motivates, inspires and-ultimately-what makes writers tick.
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