Music will fill Culbertson Auditorium Oct. 9-11, as Sterling College students and community members unite to produce “Jane Eyre,” a musical based on Charlotte Bronte’s classic novel. The show will open at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Seating is reserved and tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students, children and seniors. The box office will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. starting Monday, Oct. 6, for reservations by phone at 620-278-4265.
The musical drama begins with ill-treated orphan Jane Eyre living with her aunt and cousin, Mrs. Reed and John. She is sent to boarding school where she becomes a teacher, but moves on to tutor Edward Rochester’s ward, Adele. Jane falls in love with Rochester and begins a life of twists and turns in her love for him. The musical, consisting of book by John Caird with music and lyrics by Paul Gordon, was nominated for five Tony Awards.
Several students from the Sterling community are participating in “Jane Eyre.” Brittain Kennedy will play Adele and a school girl, and Sylvia Lambert has the role of Young Jane. Bella Brownlee, Zoe Harding, Emily Kerr, Cylie LaTourell, Alaina Madden, Brenna Treaster, Kesley Webb, Lydia Webb, Ella Wellman and Karissa Wilson will all play school girls in the musical.
Chelsey Moore of Wichita, as Jane Eyre; Carlton Ryker of Wichita, as Rochester; Abbey Pickering of Clearwater, as Mrs. Fairfax; Bailey Wilton of Lincoln, as Grace Poole, a school girl and Amy Eshton; Elijah Klein of Valley Center, as St. John Rivers and Mr. Eshton; Jordan Himes of Eureka, as Blanche Ingram and a school girl; Matthew Purdom of Clearwater, as Robert; Kalie King of Corona, Calif., as Mrs. Reed, Lady Ingram; Mishelle Kulick of Lake Elsinore, Calif., as Mrs. Scatcherd and Louisa Eshton; Chloe Wootton of Norco, Calif., as Bertha and Mrs. Dent; Taylor Stucky of Pretty Prairie, as Richard Mason; Suz Melton of Smithville, Mo., as Helen Burns and a school girl; Cassidy Woodard of Abilene, as Mary Ingram; Cody Martin of Hutchinson, as Mr. Brocklehurst, Vicar and Colonel Dent; and Micah Black of McPherson, as Young John and Young Lord Ingram.
The ensemble includes Black, Himes, King, Klein, Kulick, Martin, Pickering, Purdom, Shane Rogers of Peck, Kansas, Stuckey, Wilton, Woodard and Wootton.