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Albuquerque is celebrating a Jane Austen Christmas.

While the Adobe Theater is staging 鈥淢iss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley,鈥� the Vortex Theatre is producing 鈥淭he Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley,鈥� centering on the tempestuous Bennet sister Lydia. Playwrights Lauren Gunderson and Margo Melcon penned both as companion pieces to the Austen classic 鈥淧ride and Prejudice.鈥�

鈥淭he Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley鈥� opens at the Vortex on Friday, Dec. 1, running through Dec. 17.

The play takes more of a 鈥淒ownton Abbey鈥� approach than its forebears by including the downstairs servants.

鈥淟auren Gunderson is the most-produced playwright in America now,鈥� said director Leslee Richards. 鈥淲e鈥檝e been talking about doing it (with the Adobe) for a year. She鈥檚 a very clever playwright.鈥�

Don鈥檛 worry; you don鈥檛 need to know anything about 鈥淧ride and Prejudice鈥� or 鈥淢iss Bennet鈥� to enjoy this yuletide tale.

Set in Regency-era England, Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth are now a happily married couple living on his large estate, Pemberley. It鈥檚 the beginning of the holiday season and everyone is busy preparing for a house full of visitors. The new players 鈥� Mrs. Reynolds, Brian and Cassie 鈥� are overloaded by their work in the 鈥渒itchen,鈥� where the play takes place.

鈥淭he work is brutally hard,鈥� Richards said.

The returning characters from previous iterations are Elizabeth, Darcy, Elizabeth鈥檚 shallow sister Lydia, and her treacherous husband, George Wickham. These new and familiar faces carry themes of feminism and privilege from the play鈥檚 source material onto the stage.

鈥淚t鈥檚 an interesting take on feminism because of the young maid Cassie,鈥� Richards said. 鈥淭his is her first job. She has been raised by the village. Her parents died when she was very young. Yet, she knows who she is and what she wants.

鈥淪he wants to be someplace where her work is valued, like we all do,鈥� Richards continued. 鈥淪he wants to be somewhere she feels safe.鈥�

Lydia, the Bennet sister who ran off with her ne鈥檈r-do-well husband Wickham, forcing Mr. Darcy to pay him to marry her, is her opposite.

George Wickham reigns at the top of Elizabeth and Darcy鈥檚 鈥渄o not admit鈥� list, but he crashes the party anyway.

The na茂ve Lydia fell for the dashing scoundrel, who grew up as the son of the steward at Pemberley. He was like a brother to Mr. Darcy until Wickham betrayed him.

The play reveals how the Darcy鈥檚 servants, Mrs. Reynolds, Brian and Cassie, feel about their employer鈥檚 odd interpretations of the family鈥檚 convoluted story.

The servants attempt, unsuccessfully, of course, to keep Wickham from spreading his specific brand of scandalous chaos.

They must each balance their holiday preparations with keeping Mr. Wickham confined. Old grudges and new misunderstandings reach a boiling point, and as the festivities spiral into chaos, Pemberley鈥檚 residents struggle to keep peace without taking sides.

The cast features Ed Chavez as Wickham; Kenzie Ross as Lydia; Colyn Morris as Cassie and Carolyn Ward as Mrs. Reynolds.