Sense and Sensibility: A New Musical April 26, 2011

April 26 / 7:00 PM
April 27 / 7:00 PM
April 28 / 7:00 PM
April 29 / 8:00 PM
April 30 / 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
May 1 / 2:00 PM

$15 general admission
$8 seniors
$5 faculty/staff
Free to Wellesley, Olin, and Babson students with ID

No reservations required

Based on the novel by Jane Austen, Wellesley College’s production of Sense and Sensibility, A New Musical will bring the repressed sentiments, soaring emotions, and Austen’s signature wit to life.

Enter the world of the Dashwoods, two sisters as different as can be. Elinor is reserved, self-possessed, and rational to a fault, while Marianne is wildly romantic, emotionally uninhibited, and disdainful of half-measures. Bound by their love for each other and their inner sense of social independence, but torn by their conflicting notions of ideal love, they struggle to cope with reduced circumstances and the pressure to marry well. Ecstasy, deception, dashed hopes, and near-tragedy lead them to discover profound truths that bring them closer together and finally put them within reach of true and lasting happiness.

Sense and Sensibility is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Music Department, Theatre Program (Wellesley College Theatre/Wellesley Summer Theatre), and the English Department at Wellesley College.

Official Website: http://www.wellesley.edu/Theatre