Anjali Ramakrishnan

The show's Protagonist's attempts to overcome trauma from a near fatal heart attack at 16 by dissecting storytelling tropes, but falters in the real world just when she thinks she's conquered her past, all despite her self-perceived awareness of fantasies.

CW: eating disorders and heart problems

An adaptation of the Jane Austen novel that reimagines sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood as women of color in New York City in 1976. Financially struggling after the death of their father, the play is a portrait of their family navigating grief, social change, expectations, and classic Jane Austen relationships.

Notes on Source Material and Adaptation:
In this stage adaptation, the goal is to very much keep the core of Sense and Sensibility with contemporization to a 1976 setting. Character names and traits, plot events, and even certain lines are completely based on the original novel (as well as influenced by the 1996 movie adaptation by Emma Thompson and the 2014 stage adaptation by Kate Hamil) just modernized. It’s important to note that this is still very much going for being an adaptation of Sense and Sensibility (why the title is kept) - the only difference is the historical context (time, place, and including the Dashwoods as women of color) and resulting references and language.

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*A radio play that could also be a stage play (see notes on pdf copy for details)

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