By Kate Hamill
Based on the novel by Jane Austen
Directed by Eric Tucker
Eric Tucker’s exuberant, inventive staging of Jane Austen’s classic novel follows the adventures (and misadventures) of the Dashwood sisters—sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne—after their sudden loss of fortune. Bursting with humor, emotion, and bold theatricality, Bedlam’s Sense & Sensibility asks: when reputation is everything, how do you follow your heart?
Need to know
There will be a Sensory Friendly performance on Tuesday, January 9 at 6:30PM.
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Learn about our Book Drive in collaboration with the literary works on our stage this December, and in partnership the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services.
View the Social Story for Bedlam’s Sense & Sensibility, which is designed to help audiences prepare for the Sensory Friendly performance of the show on January 9.
Visit our Toolkit Library to access the Bedlam’s Sense & Sensibility Toolkit for information, articles, and activities about the show.
Love and Frustration
Bedlam’s Sense & Sensibility Adaptor Kate Hamill on the creation of women-centered classics.
Austen on Wheels: Director Eric Tucker’s exuberant staging
Revisiting classic texts with a signature wit and vibrancy, Bedlam’s minimalist approach to design relies on actors, language, and fast-paced staging to reimagine entire worlds onstage.
The Script of Sensibility
by Deidre Lynch
Read the program for this production.
Read more in the A.R.T. Guide about Bedlam’s Sense & Sensibility and other upcoming productions.
Notable dates
ASL Dates
Jan. 3 at 7:30PM – Jan. 6 at 2PM
Audio Described Dates
Jan. 5 at 7:30PM – Jan. 7 at 2PM
Open Captioned
Jan. 4 at 7:30PM – Jan. 7 at 2PM
Purchase your tickets for our ASL, OC, or AD performances via phone at 617.547.8300, in person, or by email at ticketservices@amrep.org.
Age Appropriateness
Recommended for grades 7+
Discussions
Post-performance discussions with membersof the cast will follow the 2PM performances on Dec. 16, Jan. 3, Jan. 6, and Jan. 10.
Following the 2PM performance on Jan. 13, there will be a conversation with Deidre Shauna Lynch, Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature at Harvard University.
Press
Credits
Creative team
Written by
Kate Hamill
Written by
Kate Hamill
A.R.T.: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility. Kate is an actor/playwright. Her plays include Sense & Sensibility (in which she originated the role of Marianne; Winner, Off-Broadway Alliance Award; Drama League Award nomination for Best Revival; 265+ performances Off-Broadway). Other plays include Vanity Fair (in which she originated the role of Becky Sharp; Off-Broadway Alliance Award nomination), Pride and Prejudice, In the Mines (Sundance Lab semi-finalist), Little Women, Em (Red Bull New Play finalist), Little Fellow (O'Neill semi-finalist). Additional acting credits include: Bedlam's The Seagull; Internet Famous, Youngblood; Dreams of A... Marsupial Girl, PearlDamour; Cyrano (upcoming), Amphibian Stage; numerous independent films. Kate's plays have been produced Off-Broadway, at the Guthrie Theatre, Seattle Rep, PlayMaker's Rep, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theater Center, Folger Theatre (8 Helen Hayes Award nominations; Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Production, Sense & Sensibility), and others. Upcoming productions at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Arvada Center, Jungle Theatre, and more. Kate is currently working on new adaptations of Little Women, 20K Leagues Under the Sea, and The Odyssey, as well as several new original plays, including Love Poem and Prostitute Play. She was one of 2016's top twenty most-produced playwrights in America; Sense & Sensibility was one of the top ten most-produced plays.
Adapted from the novel by
Jane Austen
Staging and Direction by
Eric Tucker
Staging and Direction by
Eric Tucker
A.R.T.: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility. Eric was named the Wall Street Journal Director of the Year in 2014. Off-Broadway: Bedlam's Peter Pan, The Duke on 42nd; Vanity Fair, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Drama League nomination, Best Revival; Wall Street Journal Best Classical Production 2015), Pearl Theater; Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility (Off-Broadway Alliance Award; Lucille Lortel nomination, Best Director; Drama League nomination, Best Revival), Gym at Judson; Tina Packer's Women of Will. For Bedlam: Hamlet (New York Times top ten; Time Out NY and Backstage Critics' Pick) and Saint Joan (New York Times and Time Magazine Top Ten; Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Unique Theatrical Experience, Best Revival 2014), McCarter Theatre, Central Square Theater (Elliot Norton Outstanding Visiting Production/ Outstanding Ensemble, Boston Globe top ten); Dead Dog Park; New York Animals (world premiere by Steven Sater and Burt Bacharach); Twelfth Night and What You Will (New York Times Critics' Picks); The Seagull (Wall Street Journal Best Classical Production 2014). Regional: Sense & Sensibility (Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Production, Outstanding Direction), Folger Theatre; The Merry Wives of Windsor, Two River Theater; Disney's Beauty & The Beast, OSF; Pericles, American Players Theatre; Copenhagen, Central Square Theater; A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival; Mate, The Actors' Gang. Education/Training: MFA, Trinity Rep Conservatory. He resides in New York City, where he is Artistic Director of Bedlam.
Choreographer
Alexandra Beller
Choreographer
Alexandra Beller
A.R.T.: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility. Off-Broadway: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility (Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Unique Theatrical Experience, Lucille Lortel nomination), Gym at Judson; The Two Gentlemen of Verona, As You Like It, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival; Chang(e), HERE; How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, movement coaching for Taylor Mac, Theatre Asker, Dael Orlandersmith. Regional: Sense & Sensibility (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Choreography), Folger Theatre. Dance: Alexandra Beller/Dances (Artistic Director); Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company (Company Member 1995 - 2001); Dance Theater Workshop; La MaMa; Institute for Contemporary Art (Boston); The Yard (Martha's Vineyard); 92nd St. Y; Aaron Davis Hall; Danspace Project at St. Mark's; Abron's Art Center; Joyce SoHo; P.S. 122; WAX; HERE; The Connelly Theater, SUNY Purchase College; Dance New Amsterdam; Symphony Space; Jacob's Pillow.
Scenic Designer
John McDermott
Scenic Designer
John McDermott
A.R.T.: Scenic Designer: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility; Assistant Scenic Designer: The Oresteia; Richard II. Off-Broadway: Kaspar Hauser, The Flea; The Revisionist, Rattlestick; Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility (Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Unique Theatrical Experience), Gym at Judson; Bedlam's New York Animals, New Ohio Theatre; Colt Coeur's Dry Land. Regional: Transfers, New York Stage and Film; Tribes, Barrington Stage Company; Red Velvet, Shakespeare & Company; Red, Dorset Theatre Festival. Assistant Professor, Adelphi University.
Costume Designer
Angela Huff
Costume Designer
Angela Huff
Lighting Designer
Les Dickert
Lighting Designer
Les Dickert
Sound Designer
Alex Neumann
Sound Designer
Alex Neumann
A.R.T.: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility. Broadway (Associate Sound Design): M. Butterfly, Hello, Dolly!, Shuffle Along, Fiddler on the Roof. Regional: Going To See The Kid, Merrimack Repertory Theatre; Bus Stop, The Atheist, Huntington Theatre Company; Ether Dome, Alley Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre Company; Knickerbocker, Hapgood, Williamstown Theatre Festival. Drama Desk Awards 2017; A Tribute to the Presidential Scholars, Kennedy Center 2016, 2017. Education/Training: BA Music, SUNY Potsdam; MFA, Boston University. Current lecturer at Yale University.
Associate Director
Aubrey Snowden
Associate Director
Aubrey Snowden
A.R.T.: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility. Off-Broadway (Assistant Director): Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility (Off-Broadway Alliance Award), Gym at Judson, Sheen Center; Bedlam's The Seagull, Sheen Center; Spill, Ensemble Studio Theater. Off-Broadway (Director): Bigfoot Stole My Wife, Access Theater. Regional: Betrayal, The Wilbury Group; See Bat Fly, Playwrights Rep Festival. Regional (Assistant Director): House and Garden, Trinity Rep. Educational (Director): The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, UNC, Chapel Hill. Education/Training: MFA, Brown University/Trinity Rep.
Production Stage Manager
Brett Anders
Production Stage Manager
Brett Anders
Cast
Mrs. Dashwood/Anne Steele/Mrs. Ferrars
Lisa Birnbaum
Mrs. Dashwood/Anne Steele/Mrs. Ferrars
Lisa Birnbaum
A.R.T.: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility. Off -Broadway: Fu%king Up Everything, Elektra Theatre; Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party, Acorn Theatre; Lizzie Borden, Living Theatre. Regional: Sense & Sensibility (Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Production), Folger Theatre; Lysistrata, Connecticut Rep; A Midsummer Night's Dream, Playmakers Rep; Italian American Reconciliation, Long Wharf Theatre; The Cry of the Reed, Huntington Theatre Company; The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare Theatre Company; All's Well That Ends Well, Yale Rep; Romeo and Juliet, Williamstown Theatre Festival. TV: "Deception," "Law & Order," "What Would You Do," "Guiding Light." Education/Training: MFA, Yale School of Drama.
Marianne Dashwood
Jessica Frey
Marianne Dashwood
Jessica Frey
A.R.T.: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility. Off-Broadway: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility (Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Unique Theatrical Experience), Gym at Judson; Clown Bar, Pipeline Theatre Company; Powerhouse, Sinking Ship Productions; The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Atlantic. New York: Giant Killer Slugs, Pipeline Theatre Company; Twelfth Night (Viola), Esperance Theater Company. Regional: King Lear (Cordelia), All’s Well That Ends Well (Helena), Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. TV: "The Characters," "BASIC WITCH." Education/ Training: BFA, NYU/Atlantic Acting School.
Mrs. Jennings
Nigel Gore
Mrs. Jennings
Nigel Gore
A.R.T.: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility. Off-Broadway: A Doll's House and The Father, Theater for a New Audience; Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility, Bedlam's The Seagull, The Sheen Center; Women of Will, Gym at Judson, Shanghai, Prague, The Hague, Mexico. Regional: The Tempest (Prospero, BTCA Best Actor nomination), Shakespeare & Company; Antony & Cleopatra, Folger Theatre; Richard III (Richard, Westword Denver's Best Actor Award), Colorado Shakespeare Festival; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actor), Publick Theatre; Nicholas Nickleby (Elliot Norton Award nomination for Outstanding Actor), Lyric Stage; Ride Down Mt. Morgan, Oldcastle Theatre; Julius Caesar, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Prague Shakespeare Company. Film: The Last Knights.
Fanny (Ferrars) Dashwood/Lucy Steele/Lady Middleton
Katie Hartke
Fanny (Ferrars) Dashwood/Lucy Steele/Lady Middleton
Katie Hartke
Elinor Dashwood
Maggie Adams McDowell
Elinor Dashwood
Maggie Adams McDowell
Colonel Brandon/Thomas/Lady Middleton
James Patrick Nelson
Colonel Brandon/Thomas/Lady Middleton
James Patrick Nelson
A.R.T.: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility. Off-Broadway: Three Sisters, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Ivanov, Classic Stage Company; Rutherford and Son, Mint Theater; The Death of Bessie Smith, New Brooklyn Theater; Old Familiar Faces (Innovative Theater nomination), Players Theater; The Maids, Outliers Theater; The Second Sun, Pershing Square Signature Center. Regional: Sense & Sensibility (Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Production), Folger Theatre; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Mirror Repertory; Pericles, Berkeley Rep; The Duchess of Malfi, Actors' Shakespeare Project; Romeo and Juliet, All's Well That Ends Well, Knight of the Burning Pestle, American Shakespeare Center. TV: "In Between Men," "Adam," "Love in Kilnerry," "Being," "The Second Sun." Education/Training: BFA, Boston University.
Margaret Dashwood
Violeta Picayo
Margaret Dashwood
Violeta Picayo
Sir John Middleton/Servant/Doctor
Ryan Quinn
Sir John Middleton/Servant/Doctor
Ryan Quinn
John Willoughby/John Dashwood
Benjamin Russell
John Willoughby/John Dashwood
Benjamin Russell
Edward/Robert Ferrars/Lady Middelton
Jamie Smithson
Edward/Robert Ferrars/Lady Middelton
Jamie Smithson
A.R.T.: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility. Regional: Cake Off, An Act of God, Signature Theatre; Second City's Twist Your Dickens, Shear Madness, Kennedy Center; The School for Lies, Shakespeare Theatre Company; Sense & Sensibility (Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Production; Helen Hayes nomination, Best Actor), Folger Theatre; Fiddler on the Roof, Arena Stage; Boeing-Boeing, No Rules Theater; Crimes of the Heart, Everyman Theater; Seussical: The Musical, Imagination Stage; The Acting Company; Guthrie Theater; Guthrie Lab; Mile Square Theater; Crescent Stage; The Village Repertory Theater; Charleston Stage. Education/Training: MFA, Rutgers University; Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Additional staff
Assistant Stage Manager
Taylor Brennan
Assistant Stage Manager
Taylor Brennan
A.R.T.: Stage Manager: HEAR WORD!; Burn All Night; Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education; 1984; O.P.C.; The Shape She Makes; The Donkey Show. Assistant Stage Manager: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility; The Night of the Iguana; Fingersmith; RoosevElvis; Kansas City Choir Boy; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; The Heart of Robin Hood; All the Way; The Glass Menagerie; The Lily’s Revenge; Once. Production Associate: Prometheus Bound; The Blue Flower; Cabaret. Education/Training: Graduate of Boston University (Summa cum laude) College of Fine Arts.
Dance Captain
Violeta Picayo
Dance Captain
Violeta Picayo
Assistant Scenic Designer
Clifton Chadick
Assistant Lighting Designer
Christopher Gilmore
Assistant Sound Designer
Stephanie Yackovetsky
Assistant Choreographer
Violeta Picayo
Assistant Choreographer
Violeta Picayo
A.R.T. Institute Production Dramaturg
Annabeth Lucas
Substitute Production Stage Manager (Jan.1 - Jan. 14)
Heather Englander
Substitute Production Stage Manager (Jan.1 - Jan. 14)
Heather Englander
A.R.T.: Bedlam’s Sense & Sensibility. Broadway: Amazing Grace, Finding Neverland, IF/THEN. National Tours: Fun Home, IF/THEN. Off-Broadway: Doctor Faustus, Classic Stage Company; Dying For It, Atlantic; Much Ado About Nothing, Talley’s Folly, Roundabout; GIANT, Into The Woods, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Public Theater; Far From Heaven, Playwrights Horizons; Killers and Other Family, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater; The Bad Guys, Second Stage Uptown. Education: Barnard College.
Substitute Assistant Stage Manager (Jan. 8 - Jan. 14)
Alycia Marucci
Substitute Assistant Stage Manager (Jan. 8 - Jan. 14)
Alycia Marucci
A.R.T.: The Donkey Show, Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility, Burn All Night, Fingersmith, Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812. Opera: Le Carnaval de Venise, works by Ulisse, Pergolesi, Charpentier (Production Stage Manager), Boston Early Music Festival; Guilio Cesare (Production Stage Manager), Boston Baroque. Musical Theater: Showboat, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Rent, Disney's The Little Mermaid, Jesus Christ Superstar, Fiddlehead Theatre Company. Plays: Finish Line (Production Stage Manager), Boston Theater Company. Education: BA (Arts Admin.), Suffolk University.
Understudies
For Elinor Dashwood: Bridget Haberecht
For Marianne Dashwood: Katie Rich
For Margaret Dashwood/Anne Steele: Yeni Park
For Mrs. Dashwood: Laura Yumi Snell
For John Dashwood: Blake Edwards
For Edward Ferrars: Shawn Jain
For Fanny (Ferrars) Dashwood: Erin Nicole Washington
For Colonel Brandon: Nathaniel Weiss
For John Willoughby: Jesse Friedman
For Sir John Middleton: Rafael Marinho
For Mrs. Jennings: Christina Brown
For Lady Middleton: Me’Lisa Sellers
For Lucy Steele: Sara Seyed
For Robert Ferrars: Peter Giovine
Original Poster Artwork by: ABM / Amanda Bohan, Micah Logsdon