Jane Eyre in The Optimist

Today is the opening of the ACU (Abilene Christian University) version of Jane Eyre. The musical that we presented days ago. It's a good moment to quote this article published in the ACU paper, The Optimist (good name for a paper :P):

Jane Eyre will draw back the Fulks Theatre curtains at 8 p.m. Thursday for her opening night.

To ready herself for the upcoming role of Jane, Juliette Moore, senior theatre major from Winter Garden, Fla., read the novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, listened to the music from the play and dutifully memorized the script. Whenever the actress said she would hit a "brick wall" in production, Moore kept the novel close at hand to gain more insight into the scene.

"Jane Eyre" is a story about an orphaned girl who flees from an evil aunt and becomes a teacher. She falls in love with Edward Fairfax Rochester, Jeffrey's character, and plans to wed him but is met with his past mistakes that cause her to flee again. After acquiring a large inheritance she reconciles with her true love.
Jeffrey and Moore are not new to the theatre, having a combined play tally of 22 previous plays. That number does not include the plays where they have worked behind the scenes, which is required of every theatre major. Even though this isn't Moore's first leading role, she said, "it's definitely the biggest."

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