The Mrs Rochesters
Ladies Disdain Productions/Santa Fe Playhouse’s 505 Alive! Festival 2025

This bold reimagining of Jane Eyre centers Bertha, reclaiming her voice and humanity in a story that long erased her, amplifying the experiences of women of color and challenging the racial and patriarchal structures within even beloved literature. At a time when women’s rights, particularly those of women of color, are constantly under threat, The Mrs Rochesters asks: Whose stories are told, whose pain is overlooked, and what does it mean to resist the roles society imposes?

BERTHA — Mariah Montoya
MR. ROCHESTER — Victor Reyes
JANE — Hannah Machado
MAMA — Elizabeth Marrs
PETER — Cal Lee

DIRECTOR — Zoe Burke
SCENIC AND PROPS DESIGN/PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHY — Quinten Avila
LIGHTING DESIGNER — Violet Greenhaw
SOUND DESIGNERS — Zoe Burke and Violet Greenhaw
WIG AND COSTUME DESIGNER — Kaylee Lynora Silcocks-Gore
FIGHT/INTIMACY DESIGN — Victor Reyes and Zoe Burke
PLAYWRIGHT — Alexandra Avila