Episode 18: Jane Austen and Ice Cream: A Christmas Miracle and an Epic Date Night

Erin Woods, playwright, director, actor, and artistic designer, breaks down how she adapted Jane Austen’s beloved characters and joined them together for the Jane Austen Christmas Cracker and how playwrights adapt their works to the needs and abilities of the stage. You will learn which characters will grace this year’s performance (and which leading man we fangirled over - sorry, Tyler). We talked about the many roles Erin has played and the very different social elements of each role - the seclusion of the playwright and the immersion of the director, actor, and designer. Erin Woods is a woman of the theater who can play many parts - and Shakespeare would be proud.  PLEASE SUBSCRIBE! www.theshakespeareanshrew.com  https://www.youtube.com/@ShakespeareanShrew  Please follow us on Instagram: @theshakespeareanshrew TikTok: @theshakespeareanshrew Please donate to OSP: https://www.okshakes.org/donate The Christmas Cracker is coming up at OSP running from December 5th to the 22nd. Put it on your calendars, buy your tickets, and come be part of a magical night of dancing, deserts, and delight. https://www.okshakes.org Thank you for listening! Host/Shakespearean Shrew: Dr. Karen Feiner Co-Creator/Brew Shrew: Michelle Coffman Cover Art Creator/Artistic Shrew: Katie Kimberling ⁠⁠www.halfmaverick.com⁠⁠ Thank you to our guest Erin Woods.  Erin Woods is a director, playwright, actress, and graphic designer with over 25 years’ experience in Oklahoma Theatre and beyond. Directing credits include Art for Oklahoma City Theatre Company, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Uncle Vanya for Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, and Pride and Prejudice, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Hamlet, Sense and Sensibility, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Women, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses for Reduxion Theatre Company. As a playwright, Erin has written adaptations of Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Tom Jones, and a holiday play often produced by Oklahoma Shakespeare: Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker.