Pride@Prejudice – Daniel Elihu Kramer

Janis Stevens Director	Stacey Koloski Set Designer	Jonna Klaiber Costume Designer	Jim Alexander Lighting Designer	Rew Tippin Sound Designer	Shelby Connolly Stage Manager

Cast (in order of Appearance)

Katie Croyle Actress A: Elizabeth Bennet	Amber McNew Actress B: Jane Bennet/Caroline Bingley/ Lydia/  Mary/ Lady Catherine/ Georgiana/ Jane Austen	Marshall Taylor Thurman Actor A: Mr. Darcy/ Mr. Collins	Bibi Mama Actress C: Mrs.Bennet/ Charlotte/ Mrs. Gardiner/ Miss de Bourgh	KP Powell Actor B: Mr. Bennet/ Mr. Bingley/ Sir William/ Footman/ Doctor/ Mr. Wickham/ Mr. Gardiner/ Colonel Fitzwilliam

From the Director

I know!  I know! Yet another iteration? Haven’t we already wrung every drop of Regency Romance and perceptive irony out of Elizabeth and Darcy’s saga? That’s certainly what I was thinking when I started reading Mr. Kramer’s script but what I found, instead, was a delightfully rich exploration of Austen’s beloved work. The playwright accesses her novel and her letters as well as the wide range of pertinent public domain materials available on the internet—blogs, chat rooms, and discussion boards—adding an unexpected level of exuberance to the narrative.

This stage version is truly celebratory not only with respect to the source material but as a champion of literary detective work! The immediacy of our modern critical resources offers multiple avenues of exploration to be enjoyed “in the moment” leading us to imagine a kind of “library” setting that simultaneously lends itself to the late 19th-Century era while also housing the devices and paraphernalia of our modern digital age.

The rapidity of wit that drives Austen’s humor and her reveal of the truth that underlies the “manners of the day” is echoed in the instantaneous explorations and discoveries made by the “internet characters” in Mr. Kramer’s thoughtful celebration of Pride and Prejudice.