Casting Announced for 'Pride And Prejudice' at Playhouse on Park

WEST HARTFORD, CT – Kate Hamill’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (based on the novel by Jane Austen) runs at Playhouse on Park from February 19 – March 8. The Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is the presenting sponsor of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.

This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! Bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely, this Pride and Prejudice for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. The outspoken Lizzy Bennet is determined to never marry, despite mounting pressure from society. But can she resist love, especially when that vaguely handsome, mildly amusing, and impossibly aggravating Mr. Darcy keeps popping up at every turn? Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life than it does in this effervescent adaptation.

Kimberlee Chatterjee (Lizzy) Wheelhouse Theater Company: Sonia LIFE SUCKS; Primary Stages: Lydia/Lady Catherine PRIDE & PREJUDICE; Classical Theatre of Harlem: Miranda THE TEMPEST; The Wilma: Connie DANCE NATION.

Maia Guest (Mrs. Bennet, Servants) Hudson Valley Shakespeare: Feste TWELFTH NIGHT ,Julia THE RIVALS, Phoebe AS YOU LIKE IT, Geva:Mother A CHRISTMAS STORY; Capital Rep: Mina DRACULA.

Sophie Sorensen (Charlotte Lucas, Mr. Bennet) Tank: THE RUSSIAN AND THE JEW; FringeNYC: The Report. Axial Theatre: Kristine A DOLL’S HOUSE. The voice of the Beatles Channel on Sirius XM.

Nicholas Robert Ortiz (Mr. Darcy) He received his BFA in Acting from Texas State University.

Nadezhda Amé (Jane, Miss De Bourgh) Hanesbrands Theatre: Florence POOF!, Olga FAIRYTALE LIVES...; University of North Carolina School of the Arts BFA Theatre.

Jane Bradley (Mr. Bingley, Mary) Playhouse on Park: Gwendolen THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST; Bryant Park Shakespeare: Hamlet HAMLET, Rosalind AS YOU LIKE IT. TV/Film: BULL, THE DREAMER (winner: Best Comedy @ LA Shorts Fest.

Kelly Letourneau (Lydia, Lady Catherine) HERE Arts: Hank THE APPLE BOYS; Tiltyard: Hermia/Starveling MIDSUMMER; Roxy Regional Theatre: Penny HAIRSPRAY.

Matthew Krob (Mr. Collins, Wickham, Miss Bingley) Off-Broadway: THE OFFICE, A MUSICAL PARODY!; US National Tour: GladHand WEST SIDE STORY; Barrington Stage Co.: Muleteer MAN OF LA MANCHA.

About the Director: Jason O’Connell is a director, writer and actor. His directing credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Texas Shakespeare Festival), An Ideal Husband (Phoenix Theatre Ensemble,NYC), Jason also directed his own co-adaptation (with Brenda Withers) of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano at Fort Worth’s Amphibian Stage. As an actor, Jason most recently appeared in Judgement Day at Park Avenue Armory, Pride and Prejudice at Primary Stages and Sense and Sensibility at the Gym at Judson.

Tickets for performances February 19 – March 8 are now on sale and range from $30-$40; reserve seating. New this season: Tuesday and Saturday matinees! Student, Senior, and Let’s Go Arts discounts are available. There will be a complementary pre-show wine and cheese reception on Friday, February 21.

Be sure to take advantage of our group sales discounts; Purchase 10 tickets or more to save 10% off of regular price, and receive one additional complimentary ticket. Purchase 20 tickets or more to save 20% off of regular price, and receive two additional complementary tickets. To coordinate a group, contact Lily Horn at 860-523-5900 x11 or LHorn@playhousetheatregroup.org.

The River Bend Bookshop will have a pop-up store in the Playhouse on Park lobby throughout the run of PRIDE & PREJUDICE! Visit during this time, and 20% of all sales will be donated to the Playhouse.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call the box office at 860-523-5900 x10 or visit www.playhouseonpark.org. Playhouse on Park is located at 244 Park Road, West Hartford, CT 06119.