Play Reading Tonight at Playhouse

Actors paused today during a rehearsal for tonight’s Westport Country Playhouse script In hand and reading of “Miss Bennet:  Christmas at Pemberley,” the romantic comedy sequel to Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. The reading will be directed by Anne Keefe, Playhouse associate artist and curator of the play reading series. According to organizers the one-time performance is “nearly sold out.” Pictured: (seated, l-r) – Allison Altman, Elizabeth Stahlmann, Kristen Hahn and Rebekah Brockman; (standing, l-r) Anne Keefe, series curator and director, Joe Delafield, Max von Essen, Brenda Meaney, Carson Elrod and Alexandra Rappaport, stage directions. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com