I’m just back from two weeks on Cape Cod where I played Fanny Dashwood and Lucy Steele in Kate Hamill’s “Sense & Sensibility” at the Cape Playhouse. Cape Cod is an absolute delight, and I had a wonderful time chewing the scenery with this imaginative and collaborative cast. Our process was wild as we had two weeks to put the whole show together under the direction of Jessica Holt. In spite of the time crunch, we created a beautiful show together on Alexander Woodward’s gorgeous set that made use of the theater’s natural beauty and history and with the help of Jennifer Paar’s excellently researched and detailed costumes.
Audiences loved the modern take on a timeless classic. One reviewer noted “Rounding out the cast of characters are Fanny (Nandita Shenoy), Sir John Middleton (Christopher Tramantana), and Mrs. Jennings (Britte Steele), three performers who you can’t take your eyes off as they steal scenes left and right.” (Melissa de la Vega, Cape Cod Chronicle).
Fourteen performances and three lobster rolls later, I am home.