[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.91″ custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px” next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Top Image” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” force_fullwidth=”off” show_bottom_space=”on” src=”http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SSP4W.jpg”]<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=”2px|0px|8px|0px” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Top Image caption” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”12px” background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n
With the #metoo Movement and gender wage gap making news, the issues that \u201cSense and Sensibility\u201d addresses can still be seen today as timely.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.92″ custom_padding=”2px|0px|37.9062px|0px” prev_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row custom_padding=”0px|0px|18.9531px|0px” custom_margin=”10px|||” _builder_version=”3.0.92″][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image 1″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ custom_margin=”||2px|” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”slide” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”4px” box_shadow_vertical=”4px” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” force_fullwidth=”off” src=”http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SSP2W2_BD.jpg”]<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption 1″ _builder_version=”3.0.106″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”12px” text_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”8px|||2px” custom_padding=”|||” background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n
Theatre and Dance Department Chair Robert Richmond says \u201cthis year has really been a year where we\u2019ve concentrated on stories that are about or written by women.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image 2″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ custom_margin=”||2px|” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”slide” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”4px” box_shadow_vertical=”4px” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” force_fullwidth=”off” src=”http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SSP1W1_BD.jpg”]<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption 2″ _builder_version=”3.0.106″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”12px” text_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”8px|||2px” custom_padding=”|||” background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n
Director Lindsay Rae Taylor says the cast and crew\u2019s input really made the difference in making the production of \u201cSense and Sensibility\u201d run smoothly. She described it as \u201cthe definition of collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image 3″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ custom_margin=”||2px|” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”slide” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”4px” box_shadow_vertical=”4px” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” force_fullwidth=”off” src=”http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SSP3W.jpg”]<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption 3″ _builder_version=”3.0.106″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”12px” text_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”8px|||2px” custom_padding=”|||” background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n
The play, “Sense and Sensibility,” was staged eight times at USC’s Drayton Hall.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image 4″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ custom_margin=”||2px|” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”slide” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”4px” box_shadow_vertical=”4px” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” force_fullwidth=”off” src=”http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SSG1_BD-2.jpg”]<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”News Story” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ custom_margin=”0px||0px|” background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n
Can you make something that is over 200 years old feel new? The USC <\/span>Department of Theatre has had to answer that question with their production of \u201cSense and Sensibility,\u201d adapted to the stage by Kate Hamill.<\/span><\/p>\n “Sense and Sensibility” was written by Jane Austen in the early nineteenth century. It follows the lives of the Dashwood sisters who, after their father’s death, must go out on their own to navigate the world of love, class and money.<\/p>\n The cast and crew is a mix of professionals, graduate students and undergraduates, which offers a kind of diversity that department chair Robert Richmond thinks adds to the show\u2019s quality.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019<\/span>s really the success of this program, that we are all able to feed and enlighten each other in that way. That sort of blended learning is very important,\u201d Richmond said.<\/span><\/p>\n Richmond saw this version of \u201cSense and Sensibility\u201d in Washington D.C. a couple of years ago and thought it would be\u00a0 perfect to bring to USC. He saw Jane Austen’s original message of female empowerment in Hamill\u2019s adaptation as something that audiences today could still find important. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cShe has approached the play from the point of view that these stories, situations, feelings have a sense of maternity about them. That women and women\u2019s feelings and sensibilities are no different today as they were then,\u201d Richmond said.<\/span><\/p>\n The play itself is more fast paced and keeps your senses alive with how funny and engaging it can be. Hearing Beyonce from a string quartet in between scenes just makes the experience more unique.<\/span><\/p>\n For Lindsay Rae Taylor, a <\/span>second-year MFA in Directing candidate at USC, \u201cSense and Sensibility\u201d is her third solo directing effort and she sees a difference to this production than her past efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>It\u2019s the largest cast I\u2019ve ever worked with and it\u2019s definitely the largest scale in terms of production. It feels a lot more heightened than some past experiences I had here,\u201d Taylor said.<\/span><\/p>\n Taylor has a background in acting from the Tisch School of the Arts and uses that knowledge to help coordinate her actors to match the fluidity of the adaptation. She compared her directing to \u201cchoreographing a dance.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Taylor also believes that Jane Austen can have a reputation of being \u201cstuffy,\u201d but she knows the characters Austen has created still give valuable lessons after all these years.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re women of action, which I think is something that is very relevant right now with the #metoo movement and women sort of figuring it out, with our current political climate, that women are trying to figure out how they can take action,\u201d Taylor said.<\/span><\/p>\n There can be many Jane Austen fans who may be skeptical about any changes made it to the original novel, and Richmond admitted that keeping those fans happy was crucial during pre-production. He says after seeing audiences\u2019 reactions over the past few days hasn\u2019t discouraged his hopes.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA lady came out after the performance of the matinee and bought another ticket to see it another night,\u201d Richmond said. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The USC Theatre Department’s stage production of “Sense and Sensibility” shows that some messages are timeless. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":9387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[42,71],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8900"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9864,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8900\/revisions\/9864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}