Gentle readers, one silver lining of the pandemic is the rise in live-streamed theater. And this is a very direct benefit to us this weekend and next because Franciscan University is broadcasting its production of Sense and Sensibility, (in Kate Hamill's acclaimed production, late of Broadway), featuring Eleanor Hodge as Mrs. Jennings, the nosy neighbor. And you can watch it with us, this weekend and next!
STEUBENVILLE, OHIO— Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Anathan Theatre will perform Sense and Sensibility as its mainstage student production April 9-18.
The play is an adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel by Kate Hamill and will be performed in Anathan Theatre, ground floor, Egan Hall. Performances are open to the public. Seating is limited and mask-wearing by audience members is required. Accommodations to maintain proper social distancing will be followed.
Directed by theatre professor Dr. Monica Anderson, Sense and Sensibility is the story of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and her romantic sister Marianne, as they pursue love and dodge gossip in 18th-century England.
For the first time ever, in collaboration with Franciscan University’s Communication Arts Department, the play can be viewed April 9 as a livestream event and on-demand via the University’s website April 10-11 and 16-18.
Performances will be about 2 hours long with one intermission. They will be held over two weekends: Friday, April 9, and Saturday, April 10, at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, April 11, at 2:00 p.m.; and Friday, April 16, and Saturday, April 17, at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, April 18, at 2:00 p.m.
All times are EST.
Here's the direct link to the show. The password is Sense.
And if you watch and enjoy the show, the Communications Arts department is accepting donations for making the livestream possible.
We enjoyed it SO much!!! Great fun to see your daughter in action, too - she did such a lovely job with her character. Our family had just watched one film version of Sense & Sensibility after the big girls read the book, so we were also comparing and contrasting what each adaptation included (and how). It is fascinating to see the artistic decisions about what pieces to include and how to present them when you take a big book and try to tell the heart of it in a smaller time frame, and how you use the specific strengths of a visual medium (and a live production!). Personally, I very much enjoyed the "chorus" of gossips.
ReplyDeleteFunny aside: My 2.5yo, who adopted "Badly done, Emma!" as her pet phrase after our Emma movie fest, has taken the "POOOOR Mr/Mrs Dashwood!" as her new favorite.