EMMA: No One But Herself -- Bridgerton meets Regencycore exuberance meets Brené Brown’s TED Talk on the power of vulnerability.
This energetic and contemporary classical adaptation of Jane Austen's novel explores the necessary risk of feeling your feelings. With a fresh book and soaring score, the effervescently-paced EMMA: No One But Herself will charm you with its wit and heart.
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**If you'd like to produce this with an intermission, pop down to the instrumentation section for notes on how to do it.
Emma Woodhouse, handsome and clever and rich, amuses herself by matchmaking for her friends - until she meets her own match. Is opening herself up to the possibility of romance worth the sacrifice of her independence and control?
A contemporary classical piano trio. If you'd like to add an intermission, here's how to do it:
The most natural place for an intermission is immediately after Scene 11: Box Hill. At the end of Scene 11, we would recommend playing 6b: A Visit with Jane Fairfax as an instrumental outro to fade to black and transition to intermission. Play 9c after intermission, as the underscore to Emma's monologue at the top of Scene 12: Emma Reflects.
