Paula K. Parker’s sparkling stage adaptation of the beloved Jane Austen classic, Pride & Prejudice, pits the lovely but opinionated Lizzy Bennet against the handsome, wealthy, yet brooding and taciturn Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy in a fencing match where reputations, family fortunes, and hearts are at stake.
The Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, have very different ideas about the propriety of love. Elinor is temperate and rational, while Marianne is fueled by youthful passion. Cast from their childhood home by the whims of fate, the sisters still manage to attract suitors.
Beautiful, talented and bored, Emma amuses herself by making matches for her acquaintances. But things spin quickly out of control resulting in a comedy of errors that eventually uncovers the secret desires of Emma’s own heart.
Jake and Joey, two brothers who are partners in crime. They are thieves, born into a family of thieves. They are tied to each other by the blood that runs through their veins, but that doesn’t mean they have to like each other.
“As a director it is always difficult approaching a new venture, especially with a large cast and finding the right people to play the parts. I always knew I wanted to direct ‘Emma’ after directing ‘Pride and Prejudice’, another of Paula’s adaptations. I did read other adaptations but always came back to hers as it had so much humour.”
~Lisa Harrington
Director, Newbury Playhouse
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Paula K. Parker’s Article on IF I PERISH: A Queen’s Sacrifice was Featured on Fiction Friday
On February 14, 2025, my article on the story behind my writing of IF I PERISH: A Queen’s Sacrifice was featured on Linda Wood Rondeau’s Fiction Friday blog. Linda followed with a humbling review of my novel, beginning with the statement, “This is a book for the...
WEED OR FLOWER?
It was early March. Mike and I spent most of the day in our yard, getting it ready for the coming growing season. Before I could stop him, Mike used the weed-wacker in one of our flower beds where I had left some flowers from the previous year. “There was nothing...