- Written by Kate Hamill, Adapted from the novel by Jane Austen
- Directed by Ken-Matt Martin
- In Association with Arkansas Repertory Theatre
“Hamill’s Pride and Prejudice has fun and charm to spare…full of high spirits and genuine mirth.” – New York Magazine
Love is a serious game of strategy and survival—and not just for the headstrong Lizzy Bennett and her sisters in Regency England. In Kate Hamill’s bold and playful take on Jane Austen’s beloved romance, this PRIDE AND PREJUDICE brings a decidedly progressive view of the expectations of and about women, suggesting “enough unsettling similarities between the 18th century and now,” says TheaterMania.com, “to make us pause thoughtfully between laughs.”
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Kate Hamill – Playwright
Kate Hamill is an actor & playwright. Regularly appearing on TCG’s most produced playwrights list, she was the Wall Street Journal Playwright of the Year in 2017 and received the Einhorn Award in 2023. Plays include Pride & Prejudice – Primary Stages / HVSF (originated role of Lizzy; nominee, Off-Broadway Alliance Award), Sense & Sensibility at Bedlam (originated role of Marianne; winner, Off-Broadway Alliance Award; nominee, Drama League Award); Vanity Fair at the Pearl (originated Becky; nominee, Off-Broadway Alliance Award), Mansfield Park at Northlight, Little Women at Primary Stages & the Jungle, Dracula at Classic Stage Company, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, Apt. #2B at KCRep, The Little Fellow at Cygnet Theatre, Emma at the Guthrie and The Scarlet Letter at Two River. World Premieres in the ’24-’25 season: The Light & The Dark at Chautauqua Theater Company and Primary Stages and The Odyssey at ART in Boston. www.kate-hamill.com
Ken-Matt Martin – Director
Ken-Matt Martin has established himself as a preeminent theater director, cultural worker, and collaborator who has worked with some of industry’s most formidable artists, including S. Epatha Merkerson, Nathan Lane, Uma Thurman, Stevie Walker-Webb, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Whitney White, and Audra McDonald, amongst dozens of others. Notable directing credits include productions of August Wilson’s Fences and The Piano Lesson (Pyramid Theatre Company), Jonathan Larson’s tick…tick…Boom (Brown/Trinity Rep), A Son, Come Home and Brotherhood at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Nia Vardalos’ adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s Tiny Beautiful Things (Baltimore Center Stage), the world premiere of NANCY (Mosaic Theatre Company), Hello, Dolly! (Arkansas Repertory Theatre), and the forthcoming musical Long Way Down, which will play engagements at Olney Theatre Center and New York’s Apollo Theatre. Martin’s directorial work has been honored with a Cloris Leachman Excellence in Theatre Award, a BroadwayWorld Regional Award, and the Bravo Greater Des Moines Standing Ovation Award, amongst others.
In addition, Ken-Matt has been praised as an innovator in the modern American theater; he created the 20/50 New Play Festival, the Ignite Chicago Festival, Goodman Theatre’s Live @Five Show, and was the co-founder of the Pyramid Theatre Company. A highly sought after thought leader, he has served key positions at Baltimore Center Stage, Victory Gardens Theatre, Goodman Theatre, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. As a collaborator, he was part of the team to help orchestrate the Broadway transfers of The Sound Inside, Grand Horizons, Rose Tattoo, and Lempicka, and the Off-Broadway transfers of Moscow, Moscow, Moscow, Moscow, Moscow, Moscow, Seared, Selling Kabul, and Unknown Soldier. He’s also brokered partnerships with Chicago State University, The Black List, Des Moines Performing Arts, EquiTrust Life Insurance, and others, to bring unique theatrical experiences to the general public.
Martin holds a M.F.A. in directing from Brown University/Trinity Repertory Company. He has served on the selection committees for the Venturous Theatre Fund, the Princess Grace Awards, and the Jonathan Larson Awards. He’s the recipient of a New Harmony Project Artist in Resident Fellowship, a “Keep Going” Commission by Baltimore Center Stage, a Drake University Guest Artist in Residence Fellowship, and the Bill Foeller Directing Fellowship.
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