Pride and Prejudice at Skidompha Dec 20
Eleanor Cade Busby and Nick Azzaretti as The Bennets, cordially invite you to this free presentation on December 20 at 1 PM,Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company
Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall for a spirited afternoon of literature, laughter, and theatrical flair. T
ea and cakes will be served naturally. Miss Austen would expect nothing less.In the generous spirit of the season, the audience is invited to bring items to help fill Skidompha’s Help Yourself Shelf. Think treats and cake mixes that might have delighted Miss Austen or at least raised her well-arched eyebrow in amusement.
This adaptation embraces the joy of theatrical shapeshifting. Several actors take on dual roles that dance across the emotional spectrum, often with gleeful contradiction.
Nick Azzaretti brings dry wit as Mr. Bennet, then pivots to genial enthusiasm as Sir William Lucas, leaping socially from sardonic to starched. Eleanor Cade Busby reigns (and frets and flutters) as the incomparable Mrs. Bennet, whose nerves are, of course, never quite equal to the occasion.
Roosevelt “Robo” Bishop slides effortlessly between extremes: the obsequious, oily charm of Mr. Collins (“almost as soon as I entered the house, I singled you out as the companion of my future life…”) and the brooding reserve of Mr. Darcy, who prefers to admire from afar until admiration proves impossible to contain.
Honora Boothby is our keen-eyed, warm-hearted Elizabeth Bennet, slinging wit like a rapier wrapped in satin.
Rachael Schuster brings angelic poise to Jane Bennet, “the most beautiful creature in the room,” and then whirls into riotous, irrepressible chaos as Lydia, who believes the world exists chiefly for her amusement.
Christine Andersen offers quiet intelligence and grace as Charlotte Lucas, whose practicality shines with poignant clarity. Jonah Daiute charms as the amiable Mr. Bingley, then shifts to the smooth-talking slipperiness of Mr. Wickham, whose talent for storytelling rivals his talent for trouble.
Laura Morris revels in fine disdain as Miss Bingley, then strides into good-humored authority as Colonel Fitzwilliam.
Kim Fletcher unleashes the imperious splendor of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, whose opinions arrive with the force of a royal decree.
Together, these dueling and doubling performances breathe fresh humor into Austen’s sharp social commentary, illuminating the timeless comedy of manners, misunderstandings, and matrimonial maneuvering.
This staged reading offers the warmth of community, the delight of familiar characters, and the timeless charm of Austen’s prose. Expect knowing glances, spirited banter, familial chaos, and the eternal dance between pride, prejudice, and the possibility of love.
Join us as we raise a cup (and a slice of cake) to Jane Austen: still witty, still wise, still wildly beloved at 250.
Event Details:Pride and Prejudice: A Staged ReadingSaturday, December 20 | 1 PM Skidompha Library, Porter Meeting HallFree Admission | Tea & Cakes ServedPresented by Skidompha Library and The River Company
Eleanor Cade Busby and Nick Azzaretti as The Bennets, cordially invite you to this free presentation on December 20 at 1 PM,
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday with River Company, Skidompha Library and The River Company proudly present a lively, witty staged reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in celebration of the author’s 250th birthday. Join us on Saturday, December 20, at 1 PM in Skidompha's Porter Meeting Hall
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What's the Buzz? About the Author
Eleanor Cade Busby: Unpublished, Unfiltered, and Unrepentant
Eleanor Cade Busby is an unpublished award-winning writer, photographer, blogger, and chronic user of the Oxford comma. She simply adores writing about herself in the third person, and therefore considers this bio a personal highlight of her literary career.
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Writing from Midcoast Maine, where the air is salty, the coffee is strong, and the opinions come with footnotes.
A preacher’s kid who made it her mission to lovingly obliterate every single stereotype about “the minister’s daughter,” Busby grew up all over New England collecting stories, theater programs, and at least three kinds of student loan debt. She attended Goddard College, the Rhode Island Conservatory of Music, and the School of Life—majoring in everything she could wedge into her skull without a crowbar.
She has had her own office (with an actual door!) and a red stapler that was not to be touched, thank you very much. She has worked in social services for decades, won both national and local awards, and was recently named a co-recipient of the PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award—along with one million of her closest friends—for being loud in the best way possible.
Busby has directed more plays than she can count, acted in more than she should probably admit, and written a few too—including some that were performed on purpose. She’s done everything in theater except hang the lights, because she has a strict “no ladders” clause in her personal safety policy.
Her work has appeared in publications ranging from earnest local weeklies to CRACKED magazine, which pretty much sums up her range. She believes if it isn’t funny or relevant, it probably belongs in a compost heap, not her blog.
Eleanor lives in Midcoast Maine with a cat who believes in early-morning blood sacrifice (hers), and she writes "What's the Buzz?" to chronicle what’s happening, what might be happening, and what absolutely should be happening, according to her and no one else.
Suggestions for topics and comments are always welcome at eleanorcadebusby@hotmail.com
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