The cast for the fall play was announced Thursday. Sense and Sensibility was adapted for the stage by Kate Hamill and is based on the novel by Jane Austen. The show runs on the Huss stage Nov. 17-18 at 7 p.m.
Elinor Dashwood – eldest sister; intelligent, sensible Savannah Switzer
Marianne Dashwood – middle sister; sensitive, passionate Ellie Putaski
Margaret Dashwood – youngest sister Beatrix Rhone
Mrs. Dashwood – mother; recently widowed Madeline Kim
Colonel Brandon – bachelor; worldly, honorable, loyal Oliver Zhu
John Willoughby – handsome and dashing young man Coda Wilson
John Dashwood – elder half-brother; not unkind but easily led Huxley Westemeier
Fanny Dashwood – wife to John; sister to Edward and Robert; conniving, nasty Aarushi Bahadur
Edward Ferrars – brother to Fanny & Robert; introverted, kind, earnest Bri Rucker
Robert Ferrars – young brother of Edward and Fanny; a callow young man Murray Goff
Mrs. Jennings – good-natured, boisterous woman; mother-in-law to Sir John Grace Medrano
Lucy Steele – a young woman with no fortune Lucille Brooks
Anne Steele – Lucy’s sister; indiscreet Frances Matthews
Sir John Middleton – jovial country gentleman, distant relation to Mrs. DashwoodWilliam Hanna
Gossips – chorus of high society creatures; always watching, observing, judging, delighting
Gossip 1 Sofia Rivera
Gossip 2 Annika Kim
Gossip 3 Bella Moet
Gossip 4 Rowan Moore
Gossip 5/Lady Middleton – Sir John’s wife: polite and elegant Cosette Switzer
Thomas – servant to the Dashwoods Desmond Rubenstein
Doctor – tends to Marianne/Servant Sam Ray
Mrs. Ferrars – mother of Fanny, Edward and Robert/Servant Eva Johnson
Miss Grey – Willoughby’s companion/Servant Ella Barlow