Last show to open in Quick Center for the Arts’ Resident Theatre company's 2021-22 season line-up.
Media Contact: Robby Piazzaroli, rpiazzaroli@fairfield.edu, 203-254-4000 x2597
Theatre Fairfield, Fairfield University’s resident production company, will finish off its 2021-2022 season with Pride and Prejudice by Kate Hamill, adapted from the novel written by Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice will be performed Wednesday, April 6 through Saturday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10. Performances will be held in-person in the Wien Black Box at the Quick Center for the Arts on the Fairfield University campus as well as via livestream. Tickets are now on sale at the Quick Center Box Office: $10 general admission, $5 for all students. Call the Box Office at (203) 254-4010 or buy tickets online at quickcenter.fairfield.edu.
Martha S. LoMonaco, PhD, professor of theatre in the College of Arts and Sciences and the resident director of Theatre Fairfield, said “Kate Hamill is quite literally kicking Jane Austen into the 21st American century, all the while honoring the pioneering spirit of Austen’s beloved novel.”
“It's funny, frolicsome, and delightfully feminist,” Dr. LoMonaco continued. “We want to celebrate the indomitable spirit of life, romance, and joy in our production, which is centered around dance — both formal dances and the way each character dances through life in their own unique way.”
“There’s a lot to relate to in these characters,” said Carlin Fournier ’22, who plays Mr. Darcy in the piece. “They always carry themselves in a certain way to seem normal in society. It seems like we in the 21st century do the same thing, making sure that we act ‘normal’ in front of the people we want to impress rather than just being ourselves.”
For more information on the Pride and Prejudice production and for Theatre Fairfield’s dramaturgical work, visit theatre-fairfield.org.
The Pride and Prejudice cast features Angelo Corsini ’25, Tracy Ferguson ’22, Carlin Fournier ’22, Margaret Fishman ’25, Nora Jacobi ’25, Lillie Kortrey ’23, Chase O’Brien ’22, Dima Petramale ’25, and Emily Sheridan ’24. The production’s artistic team includes producer Prof. Lynne Porter, costume designer Julie Leavitt, vocal and dialect coach Jennifer Foster, movement choreographer Brad Roth, set designer Karl Ruling, lighting designer Porsche McGovern, technical director Anne Kendall, stage manager Mikaela Pratt ’24, and assistant stage managers Ava Divincenzo ’25 and Alyssa Suarez ’25.
Tickets are now on sale at the Quick Center Box Office: $10 general admission, $5 for all students. Call the Box Office at (203) 254-4010 or buy tickets online at quickcenter.fairfield.edu.
Posted On: April 1, 2022
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