Pride and Prejudice

The world has waited two centuries for this smart,
song-filled and compelling musical, and now it’s coming to Chicago for the first time!

By Lindsay Warren Baker and Amanda Jacobs
Directed by Steven Daigle
Orchestra conducted by Victoria Bond

Saturday, February 27, 2010, 7:30pm
Saturday, March 6, 7:30pm
Sunday, March 7, 3:00pm

Performance Location:
Athenaeum Theatre
2936 N. Southport, Chicago, IL
Please click here for directions/parking information.

In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: A Musical Play, Jane Austen revisits her rejected first novel, First Impressions, and overcomes all obstacles to transform it into the timeless classic, Pride & Prejudice. What writers Lindsay Warren Baker and Amanda Jacobs have accomplished
is not just a powerful, musical retelling of a classic love story. They show us, through the journey of the author herself, what it takes to create a masterpiece. See Elizabeth and Darcy’s romance come to life from a whole new perspective and immerse yourself in Austen’s creative process as she interacts with the very characters she has created.

There have been countless theatrical and film adaptations of Jane Austen’s most famous novel. What sets Pride and Prejudice: A Musical Play apart is its illumination of two compelling, intertwined love stories: Austen’s romantic novel and the author’s own passion for her work.