Celebrate the holidays with Placer Repertory Theater’s one-night-only event: A Jane Austen Holiday, featuring a cast of 13 professional actors performing a stage-reading of a new romantic comedy by T.S. Forsyth, adapted from Jane Austen’s novel, Persuasion, livestreamed to the comfort of your home.

A Jane Austen Holiday event stars local professional actors Rodger McDonald (AEA), Anne Merino (Placer Theatre Ballet), Elizabeth Anne Springett (Sacramento Theater Company), Kevin Foster (Placer Rep’s Dr. Watson) and Ryan Gerberding (star of My Jekyll & Hyde), with a special appearance by Kathryn Carner (company member of Tim Robbins’ The Actors’ Gang theater company). The cast is rounded out with the talent of Natalie Farrell, Rick Eldredge, Delton Engle-Sorrell, Jodi Serrano, Hana Holloway, Anthony Themoleus and Eric Piotrowski.  “Part of developing a new work is exposing it to audiences for reaction. We see this holiday romantic comedy as a perfect way to end our 2020 digital season, and as a kind of holiday gift to everyone who has supported us this year, and a treat for those audience members who are watching us for the first time,” said Teresa Stirling Forsyth, Producing Artistic Director for Placer Repertory Theater.

Placer Repertory Theater is a new professional performing arts nonprofit organization with the mission to offer educational and quality-of-life enriching professional performing arts and cultural programs relevant to the people of Placer County, while supporting local organizations and acting as an economic engine for the area. Follow Placer Repertory Theater on Facebook and Instagram.