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CONTACT: Bridget Bean, Gorilla Theatre
07/02/07
(813) 765-1486
info@gorillatheatre.com
Pictures available on request
JANE EYRE OPENS OCTOBER 25 AT THE GORILLA THEATRE
The Gorilla Theatre proudly presents Jane Eyre by Polly Teale.
You'll fall in love with this wonderful Jane Eyre adaptation that originated with Shared Experience in London and enjoyed critical acclaim in New York.
While this adaptation is true to Charlotte Bronte's story, it's also a highly psychological, deconstructed theatrical experience in which Jane's suppressed feelings are embodied in the ultimate madwoman-in-the-attic, Bertha Rochester.
Jane Eyre is a true ensemble performance and gothic enough for Halloween. Runs October 25-November 11 at the Gorilla Theatre.
Extracts from the Director's Notes (Gorilla Theatre program):
Sometimes it pays to postpone reading a masterpiece until one's later years. I read the novel of Jane Eyre for the very first time this summer of 2007 and I was shocked. Not that I hadn't believed the literary commentators and friends who read that it was a vital, important book. But upon reading Polly Teale's masterful adaptation, I read the novel and fell into admiration.
The Shared Experience Company which originally produced this adaptation and with which Polly Teale is associated is a distinguished British stage company founded as a "page to stage" group. The company has had both critical and financial success with over twenty major productions including The Mill on the Floss, Anna Karenina, and most recently War and Peace.
1847 was a banner year for English publishing. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte was published 160 years ago this month in 1847. So were her sisters' novels, Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, and William Makepeace Thackeray's serialized novel Vanity Fair—a Novel without a Hero appeared over the course of that year as well. There must have been something in the air of the Yorkshire countryside that for the sake of our souls we too must breathe in.
WHO'S WHO
Director: Nancy Cole (Professor Emerita of Theatre at the USF, Director at the Gorilla Theatre of Orson's Shadow, Shirley Valentine, Copenhagen, Talking Heads and more)
Movement Director: Robin Gordon (As a USF theatre professor directed Vinegar Tom, Cabaret, Bat Boy and more)
Designers: Keith Arsenault (Scenic and Lighting); Mike Buck & Jennifer Cunningham (Costume); Lynne Locher (Sound)
CAST Jane: Katherine Tanner (Countless acting credits in the Tampa Bay Area, including Suddenly Last Summer, Proof, Creative Loafing's Best Actress Tampa Bay 2005)
Bertha: Shana Perkins (A leading member of Moving Current Dance Collective, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, and more)
Rochester: Ned Averill-Snell (A favorite Tampa Bay actor. Gorilla credits include: Snakebit, Sideshow, American Road, A Thurber Carnival.)
Cellist: Betsy Goode (National productions of My Fair Lady, The Lion King, Light in the Piazza, Bombay Dreams and more; the Gorilla Theatre's production of The Last Five Years)
Mrs Fairfax: Ami Sallee Corley (Director, Rag & Bone; Best Actress Tampa Bay 2007, Woman in Mind, and much more)
Mr Mason: Slake Counts (BapBomb, The Rose Tattoo, Hair, Corpus Cristi, and much more)
Helen Burns: Gretchen Porro (Blind Love, The Crucible, The Boys Next Door, and much more)
Blanche: Emilia Sargent (Orson's Shadow, Metamorphoses, Much Ado About Nothing, and much more)
St. John: Harlan B Work (Romeo and Juliet, Vincent in Brixton, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, and much more)
WHAT: Jane Eyre by Polly Teale
WHERE: Gorilla Theatre, 4419 N Hubert Ave, Tampa, FL 33614
WHEN: October 25-November 11, 2007. Thursdays at 7, Fridays and Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 3.
RESERVATIONS/INFORMATION: 813-879-2914 or www.gorillatheatre.com
TICKET PRICES:
Full price: Thurs $20 Fri, Sat, Sun: $25
Senior (age 55 or over): Thurs $15 Fri, Sat, Sun $20
Students (advance reservations) Thurs $15 Fri, Sat, Sun $20
Student Rush (30 mins before the show subject to availability) $10
Excellent group rates available.
General Information about the Gorilla Theatre
LIVING THEATRE FOR THINKING MINDS
Tucked away in the same Tampa location for over 14 years, the Gorilla Theatre boasts an intimate, welcoming environment and productions that don't insult your intelligence. With 76 plushly-upholstered seats, there isn't a bad seat in the house. Savor wine or organic coffee in comfort while you enjoy excellent theatre that you won't see elsewhere.
Isn't it time you discovered the Gorilla Theatre? Call us today for season information and directions to your new favorite venue.
813-879-2914
www.gorillatheatre.com
CONTACT: Bridget Bean, Gorilla Theatre
07/02/07
(813) 765-1486
info@gorillatheatre.com
Pictures available on request
JANE EYRE OPENS OCTOBER 25 AT THE GORILLA THEATRE
The Gorilla Theatre proudly presents Jane Eyre by Polly Teale.
You'll fall in love with this wonderful Jane Eyre adaptation that originated with Shared Experience in London and enjoyed critical acclaim in New York.
While this adaptation is true to Charlotte Bronte's story, it's also a highly psychological, deconstructed theatrical experience in which Jane's suppressed feelings are embodied in the ultimate madwoman-in-the-attic, Bertha Rochester.
Jane Eyre is a true ensemble performance and gothic enough for Halloween. Runs October 25-November 11 at the Gorilla Theatre.
Extracts from the Director's Notes (Gorilla Theatre program):
Sometimes it pays to postpone reading a masterpiece until one's later years. I read the novel of Jane Eyre for the very first time this summer of 2007 and I was shocked. Not that I hadn't believed the literary commentators and friends who read that it was a vital, important book. But upon reading Polly Teale's masterful adaptation, I read the novel and fell into admiration.
The Shared Experience Company which originally produced this adaptation and with which Polly Teale is associated is a distinguished British stage company founded as a "page to stage" group. The company has had both critical and financial success with over twenty major productions including The Mill on the Floss, Anna Karenina, and most recently War and Peace.
1847 was a banner year for English publishing. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte was published 160 years ago this month in 1847. So were her sisters' novels, Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, and William Makepeace Thackeray's serialized novel Vanity Fair—a Novel without a Hero appeared over the course of that year as well. There must have been something in the air of the Yorkshire countryside that for the sake of our souls we too must breathe in.
WHO'S WHO
Director: Nancy Cole (Professor Emerita of Theatre at the USF, Director at the Gorilla Theatre of Orson's Shadow, Shirley Valentine, Copenhagen, Talking Heads and more)
Movement Director: Robin Gordon (As a USF theatre professor directed Vinegar Tom, Cabaret, Bat Boy and more)
Designers: Keith Arsenault (Scenic and Lighting); Mike Buck & Jennifer Cunningham (Costume); Lynne Locher (Sound)
CAST Jane: Katherine Tanner (Countless acting credits in the Tampa Bay Area, including Suddenly Last Summer, Proof, Creative Loafing's Best Actress Tampa Bay 2005)
Bertha: Shana Perkins (A leading member of Moving Current Dance Collective, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, and more)
Rochester: Ned Averill-Snell (A favorite Tampa Bay actor. Gorilla credits include: Snakebit, Sideshow, American Road, A Thurber Carnival.)
Cellist: Betsy Goode (National productions of My Fair Lady, The Lion King, Light in the Piazza, Bombay Dreams and more; the Gorilla Theatre's production of The Last Five Years)
Mrs Fairfax: Ami Sallee Corley (Director, Rag & Bone; Best Actress Tampa Bay 2007, Woman in Mind, and much more)
Mr Mason: Slake Counts (BapBomb, The Rose Tattoo, Hair, Corpus Cristi, and much more)
Helen Burns: Gretchen Porro (Blind Love, The Crucible, The Boys Next Door, and much more)
Blanche: Emilia Sargent (Orson's Shadow, Metamorphoses, Much Ado About Nothing, and much more)
St. John: Harlan B Work (Romeo and Juliet, Vincent in Brixton, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, and much more)
"You feel you are looking into the heart of Bronte herself" (London Times)
"A shocking and moving virtuosity... deeply and fearlessly emotional, and streaked with harsh humour. If ever an adaptation could make you read or reread the original, this is it....Brilliant big, stormy play" (Sunday Times)
"Keeps making me cry in the street...startling intelligence, passion and humour" (Daily Telegraph)
"A shocking and moving virtuosity... deeply and fearlessly emotional, and streaked with harsh humour. If ever an adaptation could make you read or reread the original, this is it....Brilliant big, stormy play" (Sunday Times)
"Keeps making me cry in the street...startling intelligence, passion and humour" (Daily Telegraph)
WHAT: Jane Eyre by Polly Teale
WHERE: Gorilla Theatre, 4419 N Hubert Ave, Tampa, FL 33614
WHEN: October 25-November 11, 2007. Thursdays at 7, Fridays and Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 3.
RESERVATIONS/INFORMATION: 813-879-2914 or www.gorillatheatre.com
TICKET PRICES:
Full price: Thurs $20 Fri, Sat, Sun: $25
Senior (age 55 or over): Thurs $15 Fri, Sat, Sun $20
Students (advance reservations) Thurs $15 Fri, Sat, Sun $20
Student Rush (30 mins before the show subject to availability) $10
Excellent group rates available.
General Information about the Gorilla Theatre
LIVING THEATRE FOR THINKING MINDS
Tucked away in the same Tampa location for over 14 years, the Gorilla Theatre boasts an intimate, welcoming environment and productions that don't insult your intelligence. With 76 plushly-upholstered seats, there isn't a bad seat in the house. Savor wine or organic coffee in comfort while you enjoy excellent theatre that you won't see elsewhere.
Isn't it time you discovered the Gorilla Theatre? Call us today for season information and directions to your new favorite venue.
813-879-2914
www.gorillatheatre.com
