Audition Announcement & Seeking Production Crew
Theatre III is seeking actors and singers for its fall production of the musical “Jane Eyre.”

Auditions will be held by appointment on Wednesday June 4th from 7:30pm – 9:00pm, Friday June 6th from 6:30pm – 9:00pm, Saturday June 7th from 10:00am – 1:00pm. Callbacks will be held the evening of Sunday June 8th.

Please prepare 16 bars of a ballad NOT from "Jane Eyre" for the vocals. Auditions will also include a cold reading from the script in an English accent, if possible.

Performances will take place November 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 21 and 22, 2008.

All rehearsals and shows will take place at Theatre III, 250 Central St, Acton, MA.

We will be looking to cast several children ages 10-16.

Optional rehearsals may be held over the summer, and starting in the fall, rehearsals will move to three times a week. The tentative schedule is Monday evenings, Thursday evenings and Saturdays during the day. Please be prepared to list all conflicts between September 1 and November 22.

For an audition appointment, please email t3janeeyre@gmail.com or call 978- 387- 8144.


Character Breakdowns

Adele – a clever, funny and sweet-natured child, capable of playing a pretty, self-dramatizing and vain little French coquette. Vocal Range: Mezzo - B below middle C to E above.
Amy Eshton – Mr. Eshton’s younger daughter - pretty, child-like and naīve. Age: 20s, Vocal Range: Soprano or Alto.
Bertha Mason - Rochester’s mad wife, kept in the attic of Thornfield Hall. Age: 35-50, Vocal Range: Mezzo - middle C sharp to C sharp an octave higher.
Blanche Ingram - a clever, sophisticated and stunningly beautiful lady. Age: 20s Vocal Range: Coloratura soprano.
Colonel Dent - a choleric old campaigner with an eye for the young women. Age: 55-70 Vocal Range: Baritone or Tenor.
Edward Fairfax Rochester - intelligent, sophisticated and a powerful male presence. He has been greatly damaged by life and is therefore quite prickly and demanding, but he has a keen sense of humor and a graceful and engaging personality.
Age: About 35, but could be a bit older. Vocal Range: High Baritone - B an octave below middle C to a big G above
Grace Poole – Bertha Mason’s minder and nurse, with an air of danger and mystery about her, but actually a capable and caring woman with an occasional fondness for the liquor pot. Age: 30-60, her actual years not very important. Vocal Range: Mezzo.
Helen Burns - has a strong, calm and spiritual demeanor. Helen teaches the young Jane her most important lesson in life. Age: 14-20, Vocal Range: Mezzo - A below middle C to C sharp an octave above.
Jane Eyre – a strong-willed and passionate young woman but outwardly quiet, watchful and shy. In many ways the character is a self-portrait of Charlotte Bronte herself, thus she has all the complexities and contradictions inherent in the possessor of a profound spiritual inner life. Age: 20s, Vocal Range: Alto/Mezzo - F sharp below middle C to E a 10th above
John Reed – Mrs. Reed’s horrible little son, cruel, manipulative and violent. Age: 12-25 Vocal Range: Spoken role.
Lady Ingram – Blanche Ingram’s mother, wears an expression of almost insupportable haughtiness, her eyes fierce and hard and her voice deep, pompous and dogmatical.
Age: 50-70, Vocal Range: Soprano or Alto.
Lord Ingram – Blanche Ingram’s brother. He is languid and self-important and in a state of almost constant boredom. Age: 20-30, Vocal Range: Tenor.
Louisa Eshton – Mr. Eshton’s elder daughter - she is not unattractive but very myopic and a little slow on the uptake. Age: 20-30, Vocal Range: Soprano or Alto.
Marigold – A servant at Lowood School. An ex-schoolgirl herself, she has been kept on to do the dirty kitchen work and cleaning. She is semi-moronic and entirely without humor. Age: 30-50, Vocal Range: Mezzo

Mary Ingram Blanche’s sister - sharp-faced and catty, constantly smirking under her breath at someone elsešs expense. Age: 18-25, Vocal Range: Soprano or Alto. Miss Scatcherd – A teacher at Lowood. A hard-faced and embittered middle-aged woman whose nature has been warped by dogged obedience to Mr. Brocklehurst and a natural distrust of anything unusual or imaginative. Age: 35-60, Vocal Range: Mezzo - D above middle C to D an octave higher.
Mr. Brocklehurst – The owner of Lowood School. He must be an imposing and frightening figure - cold-eyed, zealous and pontifical. Age: 40-60, Vocal Range: High Baritone - D below middle C to G above.
Mr. Eshton – The local magistrate and a neighbour of Rochester’s - a charming but ineffectual middle-aged widower. Age: 50-60, Vocal Range: Baritone or Tenor.
Mrs. Dent – The wife of Colonel Dent - a pale, fair-haired, sweet-natured middle-aged woman. Age: 40-60, Vocal Range: Soprano or Alto.
Mrs. Fairfax – Rochester’s elderly relation and the house-keeper of Thornfield Hall. This is essentially a comic role. She is fussy, garrulous, kind-hearted and deaf. Age: 55-75, Vocal Range: Alto - F below middle C to C an octave above.
Mrs. Reed – Jane’s aunt. She is a middle-aged woman of a cold and over-bearing nature. Age: 50-60, Vocal Range: Mezzo - Eb above middle C to F an octave above.
Richard Mason – Bertha Mason’s brother and therefore Rochester’s brother-in-law. He is a gentleman, well-off and well educated but a weak man. Age: 45-60, Vocal Range: Tenor - C below middle C to G above.
Robert – the butler at Thornfield. Robert is dry and intelligent and kind, a martyr to Mrs. Fairfax’s whims, deafness and dottiness. Age: 30-50, Vocal Range: High Baritone - Bb an octave below middle C to middle Bb.
St. John Rivers – The curate of the parish of Gateshead, caring for Mrs Reed at her death. He is a complex and interesting young man, passionately devoted to his Christian faith and duty. Age: 25-35, Vocal Range: Tenor/High baritone - C below middle C to G above middle C.
The Vicar – His function in the play is to preside over the abortive wedding between Jane and Rochester and then witness Rochester’s subsequent confession. Age: 50 - 70 Vocal Range: High Baritone.
Young Jane Eyre – Young Jane is strong and willful and full of soul. Vocal Range: Mezzo - D above middle C to D an octave higher.
Ensemble, Schoolgirls and Servants. Servants are a non-singing role. Schoolgirl Vocal Range: Mezzo - D above middle C to E an octave higher.

Cast members may be playing multiple roles.