“… a lovely holiday concoction: melt in your mouth, with just a touch of spice.”
— Talkin’ Broadway
The Trilogy
The Christmas at Pemberley trilogy of plays envisions the world beyond the final pages of Pride and Prejudice and continues the story,
bringing back the memorable characters from one of Jane Austen’s most compelling work of classic literature.
At the end of Austen’s novel, three of the Bennet sisters are married, two happily and one less so; the plays refocus the lens onto the Bennet sisters whose stories remain unfinished. With an endless braiding of love-lives of the sisters, their extended family, and the downstairs and upstairs world around them,
Jane Austen’s beloved story continues.
Accolades
2016 - Bay Area Theatre Critics Award for Best New Play
2017 - Chicago’s Jeff Award for Best New Play
2018-2019 - “Top Ten Most Produced Plays in America”
What People Are Saying
“An unstuffy, highly entertaining and warm-spirited work, the kind of thing multiple generations can enjoy together.”
— Chicago Tribune
“The genius of Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, in exploring Austen’s world, is to explicitly articulate what the books more elliptically imply: For these 19th-century women, beyond security lay the more fundamental dream of liberty. This is world class theatrical art. ”
— City Pages (Minneapolis, MN)
“…a perfectly constructed love story… Given its fizzy comedy, sweet spirit and clean structure, Miss Bennet seems destined to populate future holiday seasons…”