The Virginia Stage Companyβs production of βSense and Sensibilityβ tells you immediately that Jane Austen is in for a modern makeoverβ¦Yes, this will be Austenβs familiar tale of the Dashwood sisters, who must navigate the waters of wealth, class, heartbreak and love in 1790s England. But it will be told in a raucous way that aims for laughter more than drama, and gets plenty of it.