This June, the Arnold Arboretum brings a new production of Jane Austen’s Regency period romance, Pride and Prejudice, to the Leventritt Shrub and Vine Garden.This adaptation by playwright, Kate Hamill will be staged by Actors’ Shakespeare Project (ASP), the award winning theater company who brought the site-specific Fog xMacbeth to the Arboretum last fall. Join us for Austen’s seminal look at love, Hamill’s comic and energetic adaptation, and Actors’ Shakespeare Projects’ wonderful cast of characters, as they make the Arnold Arboretum’s fabulous Leventritt Shrub and Vine Garden their very own stage. Photo by Nile Scott Studios. It is a truth universally acknowledged…that this Pride and Prejudice will be a novel experience. Bring a blanket, a low chair, a picnic, leave your CliffsNotes at home. Also note, no umbrellas will be allowed. Leventritt Garden opens to audience at 1pm. Performance begins at 5:00 pm on June 23, raindate June 24.
Free, no registration required. For information about any cancellations due to weather, call 617-384-5209.
