The Orinda Starlight Village Players (OrSVP) presents their theatrical adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's
Jane Eyre. A world premiere:
Adapted and Directed by Malcolm Cowler
September 5-27, 2025
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:30PM
Sunday September 21 at 4:00PM
Thursday, September 25 at 8:00PM
With Sophie Ruf, Justin Parish, Marian Simpson, Kayvi Velez, Monica Bonnington, John Chapin, Ariella Folks, Carolina Ryklansky, Kenny Silberberg, Laura Martin-Chapin, Sara Golden, Julia Nelson, Angelo Velez, Mimi Hamilton and Johannes Muckel.
"This worked well with my previous adaptations, which could be considered novelettes. ‘Jane Eyre’ is around 600 pages long and this technique would have created a stage play around six hours long,” said Cowler. “So, I had to decide which sections of the book I could remove without affecting the main storyline. Then I had to paraphrase the remaining dialog to shorten the delivery on the stage, and, finally, I had to create narration scripts for the old Jane that would tie all of the remaining dialog smoothly together. As a result, I would say only about 30% of the dialog in the final script is original."
Cowler is excited to get “Jane Eyre” to the stage.
"It’s one of the most compelling life and love stories ever written,” he said. “I’m really looking forward to working with the wonderful cast I’ve obtained.”
His hope is that those who see the play will be inspired to read the original book. (David Dierks)
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