![]() ![]() ![]() I grew up and moved out of that small town, and started working as an actor in New York City. And I felt a strong sense of kinship with Jane Austen - an intense love for her work that’s gone on to shape my life. I read about people just like me, who struggled to reconcile their consciences with the dictates of society. ![]() ![]() Reading the novels of a woman who had died centuries before I was born, I recognized the eccentricities of my own neighbors. My love for Jane Austen’s writing began when I was a teenager in a small town in rural America. I love stories that are so powerful they’ve stayed with us for centuries. Nothing cures me of loneliness like seeing the secrets of others’ hearts onstage.Īnd I love the classics: both theatrical and literary. Nothing makes me feel more connected to others than when I experience a truly amazing play or musical, whether from onstage or off: when I find myself laughing and crying openly for the lives of imaginary human beings. I love the theater for its potential - for the empathy it can awaken. A group of people gather in a room together and enact an old, old ritual: the audience and actors all feeling and breathing together. Unlike film, it’s ephemeral - changing from night to night, from show to show. Quite often, I get asked: “What made you adapt Sense and Sensibility?” The truth is: an odd combination of love and frustration. The People's Party: BIPOC Affinity Nights. ![]()
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