Nate is an East Bay community papers editor for the East Bay Times and Bay Area News Group.
Devon de Groot, from left, Thomas Hutchinson, Samantha Rich, Joshua Roberts and Sarah Jiang perform in a scene from the production of “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley” at Alameda’s Altarena Playhouse. The holiday-themed play written in 2016 is a sequel to Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.”Jane Austen fans have an early holiday present thanks to the Alameda’s Altarena Playhouse and its production of “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley.
Jacquie Duckworth directs a formidable cast that includes Samantha Rich , Nico Jaochico , Devon DeGroot , Thomas Hutchinson , Sarah Jiang , Mikki Johnson , Zoe Novic and Joshua Roberts . Lynne Kaufman’s “Poetic Justice” incorporates two works, “You Must Change Your Life” and “Divine Madness.” The first explores Rainer Maria Rilke’s masterpiece “Letters to a Young Poet” while the second recounts the love story of poet Robert Lowell and writer Elizabeth Hardwick.
“In programming this season, it was important to me that we include stories that represent some of the particular magic and specific challenges of the Bay Area,” said Johanna Pfaelzer, the Berkeley Rep’s artistic director. “Eisa’s gorgeous play is lyrical and passionate, mysterious and vital. The community she represents in 1955 Boonville is deeply human, equally complicated and rendered with wit, warmth, and curiosity.
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