Epic Theatre Company's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: THE PROM

Epic Theatre Company is sending you an exclusive invitation to our fantastic February show-Pride and Prejudice: The Prom. We're taking the classic story by Jane Austen and setting it in a world of class warfare and hopeless romantics: High school.

Pride and Prejudice: The Prom has everything you love and remember about Austen's masterpiece, but stripped down into a whirlwind love story, and set in an immersive environment where the audience can dance with Lizzy and Darcy before the show starts, and long after the final curtain call.

"This iconic novel means so much to so many people," said Director and Epic Artistic Director Kevin Broccoli, "It's almost become a fairy tale. I knew we had to include it in our Page-to-Stage season, but I didn't want to just rehash it. The idea of doing it as a prom in the spirit of The Donkey Show came to me, and after getting Emily Parker's wonderful adaptation of the book, we were able to do with it what we did with Tartuffe last summer-discover the relevance of it without taking away from the built-in humor and beautiful language of Jane Austen along with music from local artists."

Broccoli directs a cast that includes Stephanie Traversa, Sam Ojih, Sandy Cerel, Rebecca Maxfield, Ian Hudgins, Lexie Lankiewicz, Surrey Houlker, Stevie Smith, Emma Sacchetti, Ashley Moore, Meg Taylor-Roth, Christine Pavao, Dan Fisher, Michael Petrarca, Vanessa Blanchette, and Mary Paolino

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: THE PROM

Based on the Novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Adapted by Emily Parker

A Rhode Island Premiere

Directed by Kevin Broccoli

Assistant Director: Jennifer White

Design Consultant: Kira Hawkridge
Poster Design: Elena Semenkova
Music Supervisor: Jenny White

Featuring:

Vanessa Blanchette

Sandy Cerel

Dan Fisher

Surrey Houlker

Ian Hudgins

Lexie Lankiewicz

Rebecca Maxfield

Ashley Moore

Sam Ojih

Mary Paolino

Christine Pavao

Michael Petrarca

Emma Sacchetti

Stevie Smith

Meg Taylor-Roth
Stephanie Traversa

Performances:

Friday, February 5th @ 8pm

Saturday, February 6th @ 8pm
Sunday, February 7th @ 3pm

Friday, February 12th @ 8pm

Saturday, February 13th @ 8pm

Friday, February 19th @ 8pm

Saturday, February 20th @ 8pm

All Performances @ 8pm at The Artists Exchange
Located at 82 Rolfe Square, Cranston RI.

General Admission $15, Students/Seniors $12

For tickets, go to http://www.artists-exchange.org/epictheatrecompany.html

www.EpicTheatreRI.org

*Epic Theatre Company seeks to bring provocative contemporary work to Rhode Island as well as new perspectives on classical theater. We strive to continue the tradition of "event" theater, where each production has built-in excitement both for the audiences and the artists involved.

**Epic is a proud member of the Rhode Island Theater Alliance (RITA) and is the Resident Theater Company at the Artists Exchange in Cranston, RI.

***All the music featured in Pride and Prejudice: The Prom will be the work of local musicians as part of Epic's Local Music Initiative

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