PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Miss Hall's School Theater Ensemble presents Kate Hamill's adaptation of "Sense and Sensibility" in two shows — 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 10, and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11. 

 

Performances take place in the Woods Theater of the Elizabeth Gatchell Klein Arts Center on the Miss Hall's campus.

 

Visit www.misshalls.org/fall-play to reserve tickets. (After 4 p.m. on Nov. 10 and through Saturday, Nov. 11, call 413-395-7023 to reserve tickets.) General admission is $10, and reservations are recommended. Senior citizen and handicapped-accessible seating are available.

 

 According to a press release:

 

This adaptation, told with a fresh female voice, follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters after their father's death leaves them financially destitute and socially vulnerable. The sisters and their mother are forced to leave their family estate and move to a modest home, where Elinor and Marianne experience romance and heartbreak, and their lives take unexpected turns.

 

The Miss Hall's production features Iva Knezevic as the sensible Elinor Dashwood, Avah DeBenedetto as sensitive Marianne Dashwood, Eleanor Jacobsen  as the youngest sister, Margaret, and Sonia Rundle as their mother, Mrs. Dashwood, and Anne Steele. Guest actor Elliot Trainor plays John Willoughby, the object of Marianne's affections, and Naomi Hopkins plays both Edward Ferrars — the object of Elinor's affections — and Edward's brother, Robert.

 

The show also stars Kat Lunden as both John Dashwood — the half-brother to the Dashwood sisters — and Lady Middleton, Carolin Arndt as Fanny (Ferrars) Dashwood and Mrs. Ferrars, EA Peña as Colonel Brandon, and Myles Patton as Sir John Middleton, the Doctor, and the Servant, Sutra Chakma as Mrs. Jennings, and Lilith Ladouceur-Murray as Lucy Steele. 

 

Additionally, Carolin, EA, Eleanor, Kat, Myles, Naomi, Sonia, and Sutra all play roles as "Gossips," high-society sorts whose favorite pastimes are observing and judging.

 

The play's technical crew includes Stage Managers Molly Casey, Mackenzie Ennis, and Carrie Zhou, while Izzy Aponte , Inyene Bell, Itza Jimenez, and Kara Kisselbrock manage props and costumes, with assistance from Marianna Bartz, who also manages sound design.

 

The performance is directed by Jennifer Jordan, MHS director of theater and dance.