Charlotte Bronte's novel "Jane Eyre" comes to life this weekend on the Warsaw Community High School Performing Arts Center stage.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Admission is $5 for students, and $7 for adults. Pre-sale tickets are available for reserved seating. Contact the box office at 574-371-5040.
According to Wikipedia.org, Jane Eyre is a first-person narrative of the title character. The novel goes through five distinct stages: Jane's childhood at Gateshead, where she is emotionally abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where she acquires friends and role models but also suffers from a lack of ordinary necessities or comforts; her time as the governess of Thornfield Manor, where she falls in love with her Byronic employer, Edward Rochester; her time with the Rivers family at Marsh's End (or Moor House) and Morton, where her cold clergyman-cousin St. John Rivers proposes to her; and her reunion with and marriage to her beloved Rochester.
The WCHS production of "Jane Eyre" includes more than 40 students.
Cast, in order of appearance, includes: Kayley Herbruck as adult Jane; Emily O'Daniels, young Jane; Haley Owen, Mrs. Reed; Mary Southworth, Georgiana Reed/school girl; Kristen Murdock, Eliza Reed/school girl; Michael Kuhn, John Reed; Ally Ferber, Bessie; Kharis Schmidt, Abbot; James Lanham, Mr. Reed's ghost/Sir George; Luke Secaur, Mr. Brocklehurst; Marisa Vogel, Miss Scatcherd/adult Eliza; Haley Coffman, Helen Burns; Elisa Tinsley, Miss Miller/school girl; Hannah Bishop, Miss Temple; Kelli Shuler, Mrs. Brocklehurst/school girl; Tiffany Weaver, Augusta Brocklehurst/school girl; Grace Bagshaw, Mrs. Fairfax; Victoria Betances, Adele; Cameron Carter, Mr. Rochester; Paige Chalk, Grace Poole; Jake Kolton, John; Susanna Stichter, Leah; Kiara Stewart, Blance Ingram; Nikki Abel, Lady Lynn/teacher; Kristin Allen, Lady Ingram/teacher; Shelby Anderson, Amy Eshton/school girl; Lexie Prato, Louisa Eshton/teacher; Lauren Murdock, Mary Ingram; Conner Julian, Henry Lynn; Zach Elder, Federick; Gordon Blair, Richard Mason; Lucy Clements, adult Georgiana/party guest; Paige Chalk, adult Eliza/party guest; Colin Rea, Mr. Wood; Jeff Gordon, Mr. Briggs; Cara Eastis, Bertha Mason; Jenna Moore, peasant woman/school; Morgan Wuchter, old lady/party guest; Savannah Cousins, Hannah/party guest; Josh Savage, St. John Rivers; Alex Deeter, Diana Rivers/school girl; Jillian Burley, Mary Rivers/school girl; Kayla Smith, Rosamund Oliver/party guest; and Shelby Poe and Kaley Thompson as school girls."Jane Eyre" is directed by Dana McAfee. Assistant director/costumes by Jean Beeson, and scenic designer is Shay Dixon. Production foreman is Dannielle Robertson, and stage manager is Shawn Bianchini.
Stage crew includes Zach Elder, Celeste Harris, Ryan Herman, Conner Julian, Michael Kuhn, James Lanham, John Melogoza, Shelby Poe, Kharis Schmidt, Maxx Sell and Kaley Thompson.
Lights by Leonard Gagnon and Shay Dixon. Sound by Antonio Mantey and Zack Rooker. Program and poster design by Dave Beeson.
