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The next can’t miss event: Available Light Theater – voted Columbus’ best live theater – is telling the greatest love story of all time: Pride & Prejudice. The two-week run of the classic tale will be staged in Studio 2 of the Riffe Center, starting this Thursday!
This refreshingly fast-paced and often outright-funny adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel stays true to the original period story, while mixing in some modern interjections.
While the actors are immersed in the story about five sisters in Georgian England and how their lives are turned upside down by a wealthy young man (Mr. Bingley) and his best friend (Mr. Darcy), the modern world continues around them. And, they find themselves occasionally interrupted by it.
Playwright Daniel Elihu Kramer collected real conversations about P & P from around the web and around the world. Scripted from those quotes, bloggers, critics and pundits contribute incisive comments, quick summaries, and analytical questions. The story’s own popularity and cult status affect its performance – with an addictive real-time conversation that can’t quite be quieted.
Jane Austen fans will delight in this authentic production that captures the spirit of the book while Available Light fans will appreciate the quest to understand how its sustained relevance in our all-too-modern world.
The production features Jeremy Ryan Brown, Acacia Duncan, Kim Garrison Hopcraft and Michelle Schroeder. A dashing Darcy is played by new-to-Available Light Wolf J. Sherrill.
