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![]() 2013/14 Season Emma
Philadelphia Premiere From the novel by Jane Austen Adapted by Michael Bloom Directed by Kathryn MacMillan September 19 - November 3, 2013
Emma Woodhouse is Jane Austen's most maddening, endearing heroine. Clever and effervescent, young Emma is also a bit too accustomed to having her own way, although only her friend Mr. Knightley seems to notice. Nearly 200 years after its publication, Emma continues to delight, both as a coming-of-age tale and a lively satire of Austen's elegant and quirky characters. This sparkling adaptation features a spectacle of Regency dance, revelry, and romance that will welcome audiences into Austen's witty, captivating world. ![]() ![]()
Photos by Mark Garvin
Photo Gallery ![]() ![]() Cast & Production Team
Jake Blouch as Frank Churchill/Robert Martin
Peter DeLaurier as Mr. Woodhouse/Ensemble
Trevor William Fayle as Mr. Elton
Nathan Foley as Mr. Weston
Lee Minora as Jane Fairfax/Ensemble
Charlotte Northeast as Mrs. Weston/Miss Bates
Mary Beth Shrader as Dancer
Angela Smith as Harriet/Mrs. Elton
Harry Smith as Mr. Knightley
Lauren Sowa as Emma Woodhouse
Meghan Jones, Production Manager Dirk Durossette, Scenic Designer Alisa Sickora Kleckner, Costume Designer Shelley Hicklin, Lighting Designer Christopher Colucci, Original Music & Sound Designer K.O. DelMarcelle, Choreographer Monique Gaffney, Wig & Makeup Designer Anthony Giruzzi, Properties Master Mark Valenzuela, Associate Sound Designer Marla Burkholder, Dialect Coach Gigi Naglak, Dramaturg Rebecca Smith, Stage Manager Elaina Di Monaco, Assistant Director ![]() ![]() News & Reviews
"The production is ambitious, full, and rich, and every second is thoroughly engaging. Director Kathryn MacMillan captures all the detailed observations, upper-class spectacle, and lively characters of the novel with satiric wit and 19th-century British decorum. A light and airy pleasure in every way, and a brilliant start to the Lantern's landmark season." –Phindie more
"A blast of an evening in Austenland! The thrill of the production is in the playful nature of the actors. Emma is hilarious and at times touching, but it's screwball fare – first rate screwball fare, sure, but it's closer to the stuff of Bringing Up Baby than to the stuffy, upper-class stereotype of the nineteenth-century classics. As such, it works best when the performers are having fun with each other onstage. Lantern's actors don't just refuse to disappoint; they don't have time to even think about it. They're having too much fun." –Phindie more "Lauren Sowa...makes an excellent Emma, transmitting all the coyness, naiveté and judgmental qualities the character embodies. She's just a girl who can't stay out of other people's business although she hasn't really got her own in order – a paradox you can see in Sowa's body language, but mostly in her eyes." –WHYY NewsWorks ![]()
Header Photo: Geneviève Perrier and Charlie DelMarcelle in A Child's Christmas in Wales (2014); Kittson O'Neill, Maxwell Eddy, and Alex Boyle in Arcadia (2014); Damon Bonetti, Daniel Fredrick, and Dave Johnson in The Hound of the Baskervilles (2015); and Kirk Wendell Brown and Peter DeLaurier in The Train Driver (2014). Photos by Mark Garvin.
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