2006-2007 Season



adapted by Polly Teale from the novel by Charlotte Bronte

directed by Davis McCallum

set design, Neil Patel
costume design, Christal Weatherly
 lighting design, Michael Chybowski
music and sound, Michael Friedman and Fitz Patton
movement director, Tracy Bersley

 
Photo by Richard Termine.  

The Acting Company proudly presents Polly Teale’s groundbreaking adaptation of Jane Eyre directed by Davis McCallum, director of our critically-acclaimed 2005 production of The Turn of the Screw.  Jane Eyre is Charlotte Bronte’s timeless coming-of-age story of one of literature’s most independent and strong-willed women.  Recognized as a masterpiece when it was published in 1847, Jane Eyre remains a startlingly modern blend of passion, romance and suspense.

Jane Eyre is obscure and plain but locked up in the attic of her imagination lives a woman so passionate, so wild, so full of longing, she must be guarded night and day for fear of the havoc she would wreak.  Who is this terrifying woman who threatens to destroy Jane's orderly world: a world where Jane has for the first time fallen in love?  The Acting Company’s production transforms Bronte's great novel into deeply affecting drama.

Davis McCallum and a team of extremely talented actors and designers have created a mesmerizing theatrical tour de force that should be seen by young audiences and avid theater goers alike. 

With the presentation of Teale’s celebrated adaptation of Jane Eyre in the 2006/2007 season, The Acting Company continues its 34-year tradition of bringing touring classical productions, talented young actors and teaching artists into communities across America.

Honored by the TONY’s for Excellence in Theater, The Acting Company has won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, Citibank’s Excellence in Education Award, two Audelco and Obie Awards.  The Company has performed 127 productions for over 3 million people in 48 states and nine foreign countries. The Company has given a generation of actors the opportunity to master their craft, including alumni members Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, Jesse L. Martin, Frances Conroy, Rainn Wilson and Jeffrey Wright.

See for yourself what makes The Acting Company the most respected and praised touring repertory theater in America.

Buy New York Season tickets through www.ticketcentral.com for performances at Baruch Performing Arts Center April 23-May 5, 2007

For more information on Jane Eyre and the New York Season including performance calendar and location,
click HERE.

To read a Jane Eyre REVIEW by Grand Rapids Press, click HERE.
 

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