Charlotte Lucas is 27
and Not Dead
A Pride & Prejudice Musical
Words by Jessie Field & James Martinez Salem
Music by James Martinez Salem
We take PRIDE (but no prejudice!) in all the support, encouragement, and awards received for Charlotte Lucas, including:​
Two-time Top 20 FINALIST for NAMT's festival of new musicals, and
2024 NAMT Official Committee Recommendation
FINALIST for the Kleban Award for Libretto
WINNER of the 2022 Piper Theatre Musicals Now Competition, with a sold out workshop production in Brooklyn NYC in Summer 2022
Semi-Finalist for the 2022 O'Neill NMTC
Semi-Finalist for SDSU's 2022 New Musicals Initiative
Awardee of a Sold-Out Staged Reading at Dixon Place Theatre by the Fresh Fruit Festival/All Out Arts.
Charlotte Lucas is 27, unwed, and surrounded by romance-obsessed twenty-year-olds in the marriage-centric society of 1812. Charlotte is afraid that she'll never marry, and certain that she'll never love. Still, she aspires to marriage for all of its practicality and comfort, and takes solace in the company of her best friend in the world, Elizabeth Bennet. Charlotte loves Lizzy. Like… a lot. So it’s a bit unnerving when Lizzy’s attention becomes fully consumed by the new-to-town dashing Mr. Wickham and she’s left alone with Lizzy’s quiet and dour sister Mary. Except actually… Mary isn’t quiet or dour at all. She’s bright and talented and… super hot?? While Lizzy & her sisters' bewildering romantic entanglements unfold around her, Charlotte begins to question whether there is a kind of love that appeals to her after all. When Mr. Collins proposes, offering Charlotte the comfortable life that she's long aspired to, Charlotte is faced with an impossible choice.
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Charlotte Lucas is a two-act romantic-comedy adaptation of Pride & Prejudice with a contemporary rock/pop score, juxtaposed against the 19th century period setting and dialogue. This is a retelling with a modern (sense &) sensibility - this piece was made to create an inclusive space for queer people, people of color, and people of all body sizes in the beloved world of period romance! Created by Jane Austen fans for both longtime Pride and Prejudice fans and newcomers alike!
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Flexible cast size from 9 to 15+.
Running time of 130 mins.
