Christmas at Pemberley
I’m having fun doing this show. If you’re local, come on over to Bare Stage Theatre and enjoy it! Below is how the Guadalajara Reporter described the production.
Bare Stage Theatre “Christmas at Pemberley” imagines what the witty and vibrant Bennet sisters’ world might be like two years after the end of “Pride and Prejudice.” It’s December 22, 1815, and the plot focuses on the bookish middle sister, Mary, as its unlikely heroine. She is growing tired of her role as dutiful middle sister in the face of her siblings’ romantic escapades. When the family gathers for Christmas, an unexpected guest sparks Mary’s hopes for independence, an intellectual match, and possibly even love.
Lauren Gunderson has been one of the most produced play- wrights in the United States since 2015, topping the list twice, including 2019/20. She is a two-time winner of the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for “I And You” and “The Book of Will,” the winner of the Lanford Wilson Award, among various other awards and prizes.
Bare Stage welcomes back director Lynn Phelan, whose last production at Lakeside was “The Book of Will” at Bravo! Theatre. Unfortunately, that show closed half-way through its run when Covid hit in 2020. Her last play at Bare Stage was “Paradise Lost,” in December 2019. Due to the holidays and con- flicts, show dates for “Christmas at Pemberley” will be Thursday, December 29, Friday, December 30 and Sunday, January 1.
So cool! Not something I would have expected, but what do I know about life in your part of Mexico? Sounds like a lot of fun. Happy New Year, my friend!