The Acting Company's Jane Eyre Season

Today, January 18, The Acting Company's 2006-2007 season begins in Rockville, MD. The tour includes Polly Teale's Jane Eyre.

Jane Eyre

adapted by Polly Teale from the novel by Charlotte Bronte

Cast of the company, here ; MySpace website

Directed by Davis McCallum
Set design, Neil Patel
Costume design, Christal Weatherly
Lighting design, Michael Chybowski
Composer/Music Director, Michael Friedman
Sound design, Fitz Patton
Movement director, Tracy Bersley

Illustration by Scott McKowen. (on the right)

After an acclaimed run in London’s West End, The Acting Company proudly presents Polly Teale’s groundbreaking adaptation of Jane Eyre. Originally produced by the world-class Shared Experience company, Jane Eyre is Charlotte Bronte’s extraordinary 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... Teale’s stunning visual imagery and powerful style transform Bronte's great novel into deeply affecting drama.

The Guardian of London praised Teale’s adaptation declaring that it “single handedly reinvented the page to stage genre.”

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. (...)

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

The Tour Itinerary dates are as follows:

Jan 18, 2007	Rockville, MD	Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center
Jan 20-22, 2007	Flushing, NY	Queens Theatre in the Park
Jan 27, 2007	Purchase, NY	Purchase College Foundation-The Performing Arts Center
Jan 30, 2007	Ogdensburg, NY	George Hall Auditorium - Ogdensburg Free Academy
Jan 31-Feb 1, 2007	Manchester, NH	Dana Humanities Center - St. Anselm College
Feb 2, 2007	Burlington, VT	Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
Feb 3, 2007	Durham, NH	Johnson Theater - Univ. of New Hampshire
Feb 6-7, 2007	Pittsburgh, PA	Byham Theater
Feb 8, 2007	Houghton, NY	Houghton College Chapel Auditorium
Feb 10-11, 2007	Hampton, VA	Hampton Arts Commission-American Theatre
Feb 13, 2007	Charlottesville, VA	The Paramount Theater
Feb 14, 2007	Fairfax, VA	Center for the Arts - George Mason University
Feb 16, 2007	Boone, NC	Farthing Auditorium - Appalachian State University
Feb 17, 2007	Spindale, NC	West Auditorium - Isothermal Comm. College
Feb 20, 2007	Muncie, IN	Emens Auditorium - Ball State University
Feb 21-22, 2007	Holland, MI	DeWitt Center - Hope College
Feb 23, 2007	Greenville, MI	Greenville Area Community Center
Feb 24, 2007	Elyria, OH	Stocker Fine Arts Center - Lorain County Comm. College
Feb 26, 2007	Cincinnati, OH	Aronoff Center - Jarson-Kaplan Theater
Feb 27, 2007	Notre Dame, IN	O'Laughlin Aud. - St. Mary's College
Mar 2, 2007	Toledo, OH	Valentine Theatre
Mar 3, 2007	Windsor, ON	Capitol Theatre & Arts Centre
Mar 5, 2007	Decatur, AL	TBA*
Mar 6, 2007	Starkville, MS	McComas Hall Theatre - Miss. State University
Mar 8, 2007	Arkadelphia, AR	Arkansas Hall Auditorium - Henderson State Univ.
Mar 9, 2007	Pine Bluff, AR	Arts & Science Center - Univ. of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Mar 13, 2007	Natchitoches, LA	Northwestern Theatre - Northwestern State Univ. of LA
Mar 15, 2007	Ruston, LA	Howard Auditorium - Louisiana Tech. Univ.
Mar 16-17, 2007	Baton Rouge, LA	Magnolia Perf. Arts Pavillion - Baton Rouge CC
Mar 19, 2007	Tupelo, MS	The Link Centre Concert Hall
Mar 20, 2007	Wesson, MS	Rea Auditorium - Copiah-Lincoln Comm. College
Mar 22, 2007	Thomasville, GA	Cultural Center Hall
Mar 23, 2007	Jacksonville, FL	Wilson Center for the Arts - Florida Comm. College Jacksonville
Mar 25, 2007	Newberry, SC	Newberry Opera House
Mar 26-27, 2007	Talladega, AL	Antique Talladega - The Ritz Theater
Mar 30-Apr 2, 2007	West Palm Beach, FL	Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Apr 10, 2007	Lakeland, FL	Florida Southern College-Branscomb Auditorium
Apr 11, 2007	Clearwater, FL	Ruth Eckerd Hall
Apr 15, 2007	Jefferson City, TN	Gentry Auditorium - Carson-Newman College
Apr 17, 2007	State College, PA	State Theatre
Apr 18, 2007	Annandale-on-Hudson, NY	Bard College - Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
Apr 20, 2007	Duxbury MA	Duxbury Performing Arts Center
Apr 23-May 5, 2007	New York, NY	Baruch Performing Arts Center

Categories: Jane Eyre, Theatre