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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen, adapted by Lissa Creola
Directed by: Peter Ray
Performances: January 25 – February 17, 2007

News that a wealthy young gentleman named Charles Bingley has rented the manor of Netherfield Park causes a great stir in the nearby village of Longbourne, especially in the Bennet household.

"PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" SCHEDULED AT GARLAND CIVIC THEATRE

[ Photo at right: Melissa Odom as Elizabeth Bennet, Michael David DeVous as Mr. Darcy, Jennifer Sipes as Jane Bennet and Beau McDermott as Mr. Bingley. ]

Garland, Texas, December 19, 2006 — Garland Civic Theatre has scheduled its fourth production of the current season, Pride and Prejudice, with performances Thursday through Sunday, January 25 to February 17, 2007 at the Granville Arts Center in Downtown Garland. Tickets are available by calling the box office at 972-205-2790. Ticket prices are $16 to $20, depending on the performance. Discounts are available for those over 60 and under 18. Special prices are also available for groups of 15 or more. Be aware that there is a processing charge of $1 per ticket.

Rehearsals began on December 11 with Peter Ray directing the production. Jim Cox will design the set and Celeste Rogers will design the costumes. The cast includes Lindsey Alexiou as Miss Caroline Bingley, Jerome Bethea as Mr. George Wickham, Laura C. Cutler as Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Michael David DeVous as Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Beau McDermott as Mr. Charles Bingley, Melissa Odom as Elizabeth Bennet, Reg Platt as Mr. Bennet, Susan McNatt Platt as Mrs. Bennet, R. Bradford Smith as Mr. William Collins, Jennifer Sipes as Jane Bennet, and Tori Weddell Stephenson as Lydia Bennet. Others in the cast are Matthew Lewing, Rebecca Lewis, Nolan McDermott, and Elsie-Ayla Ruuska.

Pride and Prejudice belongs to the romantic-comedy genre and is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels. It is a story of first impressions and vanity, of truth and falsehoods, of re-evaluations, love and, of course, of unyielding pride and blinding prejudice, told with a wry, incisive humor. Lissa Creola, who graduated from Southern Methodist University, adapted the work the stage. Its premier production was by Bucket Productions at the Bath House Cultural Center in February of 2001. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reviewer said, "Bucket Productions' theatrical adaptation of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' . . . unfolds like a good episode of Masterpiece Theatre. . . . Lissa Creola has done a masterful job of wrestling the sprawling, wordy novel into a compact theatrical package." The reviewer from The Dallas Morning News related, "There's a good reason Jane Austen is so popular on movie screens: great dialogue. That same quality makes Lissa Creola's stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice delicious. ...The lean, efficient script crackled pleasantly at Thursday's opening. Ms. Creola has taken on a difficult assignment and triumphed in the same modest but undeniable way as her heroines."