City Theatre Previews ‘The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley’ (Sun., 12/1/24)

THE WICKHAMS: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY (comedy) by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. City Theatre. November 30 – December 22.

For those who might well remember City Theatre’s December offering last year, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Lauren Gunderson’s comic take on a reimagined adventure in the fictional world of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, we return this year to a new adventure.  The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley pivots the perspective of the story to the household staff downstairs. Two years after the conclusion of Austen’s 1813 novel, all of the Bennets and Darcys are flitting around upstairs when an unexpected guest is welcomed into the festive fray. Mrs. Reynolds, the no-nonsense housekeeper, Brian, the lovesick footman, and Cassie, an eager-to-please new maid must make the estate “very merry, indeed,” despite the very much “married” intruder who shows up just before Christmas Eve. It all becomes a festive farce, replete with figgy-pudding, frantic fun, and foolish folly. Which is all to suggest you might consider making City Theatre’s offering one of your family’s affairs this holiday season. The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley is produced in association with Carnegie Mellon’s School of Drama. 7 p.m. 1300 Bingham St., South Side. (C.P.O.)

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