Prickly Pear, Yearbook of Abilene Christian University, 2006 Page: 41
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111Emily Savage, junior theatre major from North Richland Hills, left, and Juliette Miller,
senior theatre major from Winter Garden, Fla., right, portray the young and older
Jane, respectively.The Theatre Department's Winter Dinner Theatre production of the
musical Jane Eyre opened on Feb. 16 and ran for three weekends. The
show opened the same weekend as the 50th anniversary of Sing Song.
Show nights were Feb. 16-17, 24-25 and March 3-4 and dinner was catered
by Briarstone.
After beginning rehearsals in early January, the cast and crew begin
packing practices in from 7-11 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9:30
a.m.- 5 p.m. on Saturday during the week before the show.
"Sundays are usually reserved as a day of rest," said Ben Jeffrey, senior
theatre major from Kansas City, Mo.
To ready herself for the upcoming role of Jane, Juliette Miller, senior
theatre major from Winter Garden, Fla., read the novel Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Bronte, listened to the music from the play and dutifully
memorized the script. Whenever the actress said she would hit a"brick
wall" in production, Miller kept the novel close at hand to gain more
insight into the scene.
Jane Eyre is a story about an orphaned girl who flees from an evil aunt
and becomes a teacher. She falls in love with Edward Fairfax Rochester,
Jeffrey's character, and plans to wed him but is met with his past mistakes
that cause her to flee again. After acquiring a large inheritance she
reconciles with her true love.
Jeffrey and Miller were not new to the theatre, having a combined
play tally of 22 previous plays. That number does not include the plays
where they have worked behind the scenes, which is required of every
theatre major. Even though the show wasn't Miller's first leading role, she
said,"it's definitely the biggest."
Some may remember Jeffrey from last year's Sing Song production
when he performed as a host.
On the last week before opening night, pracrrt-', i increased with dress
rehearsals and final anxiousness sets in among the whole cast and crew,
Jeffrey said.
"It gets busy, and sometimes even frantic," he said. "But it's always
awesome.
By: Blythe Thompson, adapted from the OptimistI
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Helen Burns, played by Jenavene
Hester, freshman theatre major from
Abilene, speaks with Jane Eyre played
by Juliette Miller.I
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