Austin Shakespeare Presents PRIDE AND PREJUDICE at Long Center, 11/7-25

Kicking off subscriptions for its 29th Season, Austin Shakespeare announces Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice at the Long Center's intimate Rollins Theater Nov. 7-25. The professional (Actors' Equity) company brings back award-winning actress Liz Beckham now as the smart, delightful "Elizabeth Bennet." Beckham recently won the Austin Critics Table award Best Actor for the company's production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia last spring.

Austin Shakespeare's production of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is new adaptation of one of literature's most beloved romances involving the proud Mr. Darcy and the clever Elizabeth Bennett. This new version by Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan's will have scenic designs by Dutch painter, Emilie Houssart; costumes by recent UT graduate Haydee Antunano and set design by the award-winning, Jason Amato. The extensive 19th century ballroom dance in the show will be choreographer by Austin choreographer, Toni Bravo.

Cast
Mr. Bingley - Keith Paxton
Mr Bennett / Mr Gardiner - Sam Grimes
Mr. Collins - Steve Cruz
Mr. Darcy - Michael Miller
Mr. Wickham - Devin Finn
Col. Fitzwilliam - Nick Kier
Young Ensign Denny - John Austin
Mrs Bennet/Lady Catherine DeBourgh - Johanna Whitmore
Miss Elizabeth Bennet - Liz Beckham
Miss Jane Bennet - Rosalind Faries
Miss Mary Bennet/ Miss DeBourgh - Jessica Hughes
Miss Kitty Bennet /Miss Georgiana - Lindley Howard
Miss Lydia Bennet - Sara Cormier
Miss Caroline Bingley - AiDan Sullivan 
Lady Lucas/ Mrs. Gardiner - Sue Breland
Miss Charlotte Lucas /Mrs. Reynolds - Allison Stebbins

Pride and Prejudice runs Thursdays – Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 3:00 pm. (Note – there will be a special tea at the Long Center prior to each Sunday matinee at 1:30 pm for $25). The Long Center's Rollins Studio Theatre is located at 701 West Riverside Drive, Austin, Texas.

Tickets available now at www.TheLongCenter.org or call (512) 474-LONG (5664). Tickets also available at the 3M Box Office at the Long Center. Tickets range from $19 - $42.50. (Note – there will be a special tea at the Long Center prior to each Sunday matinee at 1:30 pm for $25).

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ABOUT AUSTIN SHAKESPEARE: Founded in 1984 and the only professional classical theater company in Central Texas, Austin Shakespeare presents professional theatre of the highest quality with an emphasis on the plays of William Shakespeare, bringing to the public performances that are fresh, bold, imaginative, thought-provoking, and eminently accessible, connecting the truths of the past with the challenges and possibilities of today. Continuing in its fourth year of Young Shakespeare at Richard Garriott's Curtain Theater, an outdoor replica of an Elizabethan theater. Austin Shakespeare will present a teen production of Julius Caesar from June 21-July1. In the fall and spring, Austin Shakespeare also produces plays by Shaw, Schiller, and Stoppard at The Long Center for the Performing Arts Rollins Studio Theatre. Austin Shakespeare's ongoing "Shakespeare Aloud" reading group and "Artist's Way" sessions invite new participates weekly. Austin Shakespeare's education program 20/20 sends professional actors into the schools to encourage love of language.
Austin Shakespeare is a proud member of the Austin Creative Alliance.