Sense and Sensibility | Boston University School of Theatre Program

Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre presents

WRITTEN BY KATE HAMILL

DIRECTED BY CHRISTINE HAMEL

DECEMBER 8-10, 2023 CFA 109

855 COMMONWEALTH AVE. BOSTON, MA The world premiere of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY was produced by Bedlam (Eric Tucker, Artistic Director; Andrus Nichols, Producing Director).

BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEATRE PRESENTS

Written by

KATE HAMILL Directed by

CHRISTINE HAMEL DECEMBER 8-10, 2023 CFA 109 855 COMMONWEALTH AVE BOSTON, MA BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS

Runtime: 2 hours and 15 minutes with a 10 minute intermission

CAST MRS. JENNINGS/GOSSIP

Alexandra Dagen

FANNY DASHWOOD/GOSSIP

Arabella Benjamin

SIR JOHN MIDDLETON/GOSSIP

Charles Berger

ANNE STEELE/GOSSIP

Haley Lynch

JOHN DASHWOOD/SERVANT/GOSSIP

Jack Essner

JOHN WILLOUGHBY/GOSSIP

Jack Greenberg

EDWARD FERRARS/GOSSIP

Jacob Schmitt

MRS. DASHWOOD/GOSSIP

Jenna Burns

LADY MIDDLETON/DOCTOR/

Jayce Ross

MRS. FERRARS/GOSSIP MARIANNE DASHWOOD

Josephine Goldfarb

MARGARET DASHWOOD/GOSSIP

Lila English

ROBERT FERRARS/THOMAS/GOSSIP

Lucas Connor

ELINOR DASHWOOD

Robbie Rodriguez

LUCY STEELE/GOSSIP

Sarah Coleman

COLONEL BRANDON/GOSSIP

Zachary Kautter

PRODUCTION TEAM DIRECTOR

Christine Hamel

STAGE MANAGER

Dany Dakhlallah

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

Jasper Bartkovich Ethan Chang Owen Sloane

CHOREOGRAPHERS

Imayah Hawkins Jack Dillon

CO-MOVEMENT COORDINATORS

Jayce Ross Jacob Schmitt

DIALECT CAPTAIN

Sarah Coleman

COSTUME COORDINATOR

Jenna Burns

INTIMACY COORDINATOR

Haley Chey Lynch

MUSICIANS

Haley Chey Lynch Jack Greenberg Zachary Kautter Jackson Pope Lorenzo Gallegos Jr.

DIRECTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT Christine Hamel (DIRECTOR) is an actor, director, voice coach and scholar, and has worked on and Off-Broadway and regionally, for productions at the Cort Theatre, Huntington Theatre, PTP/NYC, Olney Theatre Center, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Speakeasy Stage, Lyric Stage Company, and others. Her current research is on the social, political, and ethical aspects of vocal identity, and she is co-author of Sounding Bodies: Identity, Injustice, and the Voice (Bloomsbury/Methuen). Christine is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Acting at Boston University School of Theatre, a designated Linklater voice teacher, and a certified teacher of the Chekhov acting technique. Christine was recently named Granada Artist-in-Residence at UC Davis, where she devised and directed the original work Alone/Together.

Kate Hamill (PLAYWRIGHT) is a playwright and actor based in NYC. She has spent multiple seasons on the most produced playwright list in American Theatre Magazine. Her most recent work includes MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON-#2B at Kansas City Rep/Portland Center Stage, EMMA at The Guthrie, DRACULA at Classic Stage Company, LITTLE WOMEN at Primary Stages/Jungle Theater and MANSFIELD PARK at Northlight Theater.

Kate’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s SENSE & SENSIBILITY (in which she originated the role of Marianne Dashwood) had its world premiere offBroadway, produced by Bedlam. It was named one of the "Top Ten Plays of 2014" by both Ben Brantley of the New York Times and by the Huffington Post, which called it “the greatest stage adaptation of this novel in history.” It reopened in New York in 2016 at the Gym at Judson where it ran for almost 300 performances.

Other plays include VANITY FAIR which debuted at The Pearl Theater with an extended run and was seen in a co-production between Shakespeare Theater in DC and American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. Her adaptation of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE started at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival in a production that moved to Primary Stages. She is published by Dramatists Play Service and TRW Plays.

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