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Audition Call
A theatrical Adaption of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Directed by Maureen Lukie
Show Run: January 20 – 31, 2027
Performances are on Wednesdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm, and Saturday and Sundays at 2 pm
Auditions: In-Person
Auditions will take place on: Sat, Oct 17, 1 – 5 pm | Sun, Oct 18, 7 – 10 pm | Mon, Oct 19, 7 – 10 pm
To request an audition please email your headshot and résumé along with the names of the principal character(s) you’d like to audition for to: janeeyre@alumnaetheatre.com. If scheduled for an audition, you’ll be asked to prepare a 2 minute contemporary monologue.
Callbacks: Oct 24, 1 – 4pm
(If you are selected to attend callbacks, sides of the play will be provided to you).
Rehearsals Start: Nov 3, 2027, with two weekday rehearsals and one weekend rehearsal The Alumnae Theatre welcomes and encourages submissions from individuals of all cultures, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and body types.
**This is a Non-Union, Non-Paying production.
For more information: https://alumnaetheatre.com/
Play Synopsis & Character Breakdowns
One of literary history’s great characters is brought to new life by Erin Shields, known for her contemporary interpretations of classical texts. Jane Eyre explores a brilliant young woman’s rise to her own potential and the trials by fire that shape her views on love and loyalty. This interpretation takes a sharp, witty, and modern feminist dive into Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece.
Erin Shields is a beloved Canadian playwright, winner of the Governor General’s award for playwriting and multiple Dora awards.
In this play, 8-10 actors will play a collective of approximately 50 characters from the novel. It is intended that Jane Eyre will be played by 1 actor principally, with another actor playing her younger self; the actor playing Mr. Rochester will play that character principally. All other characters will be divided among the rest of the ensemble. The entire cast is intended to be diverse, playing characters across lines of age, race and gender. Please do not rule yourself out for any reason – but be prepared to play multiple roles that do not conform to your basic self. Flexibility is key!
Among the characters to be played are:
- Jane Eyre (21) – a child raised in a house where she was unloved, sent away to boarding school; her adult self who finds herself via a journey through a hostile world until she can find happiness on her own terms.
- Mr. Rochester – her gruff, troubled employer who comes to respect Jane and see his salvation in Jane
- Mrs. Reed – Jane’s aunt, a cold woman who only cares for her own spoiled children, who turns young Jane out of her home
- Mr. Brocklehurst – the proud, arrogant administrator of an uncharitable girls’ School
- Miss Temple – the saving grace of that school who shows Jane her first Kindness
- Helen Burns – Jane’s first friend, lost too soon
- Mrs. Fairfax – Mr. Rochester’s discreet housekeeper
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Call for Actors
Performances are on Wednesdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm, and Saturday and Sundays at 2 pm
Auditions:
Audition Tape (by invitation)
Please email your headshot and résumé in one pdf document, along with the names of the character(s) you’d like to audition for to: hunger@alumnaetheatre.com
If selected for an audition, you’ll be asked to submit an audition tape of you performing a contemporary monologue no longer than 2 minutes in length.
The deadline to request an audition is Wednesday, August 12 at 5pm
The deadline to submit an audition tape is Sunday, August 16 at 5pm
Callbacks:
August 22 -23, 2026 in person at Alumnae Theatre
Rehearsals Start:
Early September
The Alumnae Theatre welcomes and encourages submissions from individuals of all cultures, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and body types.
Play Synopsis and Character Breakdowns
A timely drama about currency in a time of conflict. In an isolated farmhouse during a time of war, Johanna and Max attempt to hide two persecuted individuals, Isaac and Rivka, in an alcove behind their walls. When the money runs out, they are forced to take in a third refugee, Helen, whose father is willing to pay very well for her safety. But the alcove isn’t big enough for three, and as the war outside reaches its climax, hunger reduces the protectors and the protected alike to a surreal state of desperation.
Hunger was a finalist for the BMO Winterset Award in 2022.
Characters:
JOHANNA (Female 40s, Open ethnicity) A farmer. Max’s wife. Motherly, resourceful, resentful.
MAX (Male 40s, Open ethnicity) A farmer. Johanna’s husband. Practical, cheerful, exhausted.
RIVKA (Female 20s, Open ethnicity) A musician. Isaac’s wife. Clever, confident, cautious.
ISAAC (Male 20s, Open ethnicity) A scholar. Rivka’s husband. Intelligent, gracious, compliant.
HELEN (Female, 16, Open ethnicity) A child of wealth. Bored, naive, unfamiliar.
*Please note that the Studio Theatre is on the 3rd Floor and not wheelchair accessible
**This is a Non-Union, Non-Paying production.
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