Overview

• Performances are scheduled for Sept. 24–Oct. 10 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.
• Elissa Beth Stebbins plays both Jo March and Louisa May Alcott, with Giovanna Sardelli directing a cast that includes Emily Ota, Lauren Hart, Sharon Shao, Cathleen Riddley, Max Tachis, and George Psarras.
• The production is part of a rolling world premiere co-commission with Northlight Theatre, City Theatre Company, and People’s Light.
• Lauren Gunderson describes her version as “spicy” and “moving,” emphasizing complex portrayals of womanhood and “ferocious sisterhood.”
• Gunderson, identified by American Theatre magazine as among the nation’s most-produced playwrights, recently relocated to the U.K. and maintains ties with Bay Area stages including TheatreWorks.