"Since its publication more than 150 years ago, Little Women has been adapted into plays, musicals, operas, ballets, silent movies, feature films, TV series and Japanese anime. One of the most referenced literary works in pop culture, it was even name checked on an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, whose star-neurotic curmudgeon Larry David-described the March sisters "mawkish and twee.""
"I was in middle school when I played Jo March in our production, and it meant so much to me back then. I really wanted to do something special with it. So instead of just being the story of the March sisters, it's also the origin of those beloved characters and Louisa discovering the reason to write them, and stepping into the story through herself and putting her sisters into it."
An adaptation of Little Women places Louisa May Alcott into the stage narrative to reveal how her life shaped the March sisters and central themes of family, feminism and resilience. The production runs at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Sept. 24 through Oct. 12 and is directed by Giovanna Sardelli. The adaptation frames the March sisters as both characters and origins, portraying Louisa stepping into the story and inserting her own sisters into the fiction. Lauren Gunderson has created several plays inspired by famous historical women, including works about Billie Jean King, Lorraine Hansberry, Henrietta Levitt and Jeannette Rankin.
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