For Immediate Release:

Feb. 19, 2007

Contacts:
Melanie McDonald/ Amanda Goetz
Media Relations
574-284-4579 or mmcdonal@saintmarys.edu

The Acting Company Brings “Jane Eyre” to Life on Stage

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — The Acting Company will present the American premiere of Polly Teale’s adaptation of “Jane Eyre,” Charlotte Bronte’s extraordinary coming-of-age novel of one of literature’s most independent and strong-willed women on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in O’Laughlin Auditorium, Moreau Center for the Arts.

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 Acting Company was founded in 1972 by John Houseman and current producing director Margot Harley with members of the first graduating class of Juilliard’s drama division. The Acting Company has performed 122 productions for over two million people in 48 states and nine foreign countries. The company has given a generation of actors the opportunity to master their craft. Alumni members include Kevin Kline,
Patti LuPone, David Schramm, Jessie L. Martin, Keith David, Lorraine Toussaint, David Ogden Stiers, Mary Lou Rosato, Lisa Banes, Derek Smith, Frances Conroy, Dennis Boutsikaris and Jeffrey Wright.

Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for senior citizens, $9 for SMC/ND staff, and $8 for students. Tickets are available through the Saint Mary’s College Box Office by visiting Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., or by calling 574-284-4626.

The Moreau Center for the Arts celebrates its 50th anniversary during the 2006-2007 season. Named in honor of the Very Reverend Basil Anthony
Moreau, C.S.C., the founder of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, the facility consists of O’Laughlin Auditorium, Little Theatre, Moreau Art Galleries, studios, workshops and classrooms. For more information about
any event at the Moreau Center for the Arts, please call 574-284-4626 or visit MoreauCenter.com.

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