

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Jane Austen's PERSUASION - The Company Theatre
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 20 Dec, 2025 at 07:30 pm – Sat, 20 Dec, 2025 at 09:30 pm
- **Event Description**: The Company Theatre presents PERSUASION

Based on the novel by Jane Austen
Adapted and Directed by Carl Del Buono
December 5 - 21, 2025

Following the critical success of last year’s GREAT EXPECTATIONS, and in celebration of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, The Company brings us another newly devised piece of theatre based on one of the great works of classic literature. 

PERSUASION tells the story of Anne Elliot, reserved, dependable, and heartbroken, years after breaking off an engagement to a poor sailor. When he returns, now accomplished and wealthy, Anne must discover if she is truly brave enough to trust her own instincts, or if she’ll let herself be swayed by societal expectations.

​Vibe Check: Regency-style romance. BYO Deep, deep yearning.

ANNE ELLIOT - Abigail Rice
CAPTAIN WENTWORTH - Caitlin Kenyon
LADY RUSSELL - Sammi Cohen
SIR WALTER - Vicki Casarett
ELIZABETH ELLIOT - Jael Lopez
MRS. CLAY/CAPTAIN BENWICK - Kiki Collins
MARY MUSGROVE - Fiona Criddle
CHARLES MUSGROVE - Briar-Rose Murphy
LOUISA MUSGROVE - Juliet Besch-Turner
HENRIETTA MUSGROVE/MRS. SMITH - Campbell McDade Clay
MRS. CROFT - Lauren MacDonough
ADMIRAL CROFT - Meredith Utman
MR. ELLIOT - Sarah Moran Taylor
UNDERSTUDY/SWING - Liz Preston

Special Events:

Friday, Dec. 5, 7:30pm - OPENING NIGHT!
Sunday, Dec. 7, 2:00pm - JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!
Thursday, Dec. 11, 7:30pm - PAY WHAT YOU WISH!
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30pm - ASL INTERPRETED PERFORMANCE!
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2:00pm - POST-SHOW TALKBACK WITH CAST &amp; CREW!
Sunday, Dec. 21, 2:00pm - CLOSING PERFORMANCE!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/rochester/jane-austens-persuasion-the-company-theatre/200029385590111
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://thecompanytheatreroc.org/box-office?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=rochester-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Rochester
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 28 Lawn Street, Rochester, NY, United States, New York 14607
- **lat**: 43.15605
- **long**: -77.60113
- **full address**: 28 Lawn Street, Rochester, NY, United States, New York 14607

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: The Company Theatre (https://allevents.in/org/the-company-theatre/26617555)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 20 Dec, 2025 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 28 Lawn Street, Rochester, NY, United States, New York 14607
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Company Theatre
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, theatre, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Jane Austen's PERSUASION - The Company Theatre ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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