"Jo March encompasses curiosity and delight, a critical component of the grand house she dwells within. It's not because she feels more important than her sisters, but because she knows she is the gatekeeper of their legacy, forever in the conscience of millions of readers. Lauren Gunderson's world premiere adaptation of Little Women is the comfort food presentation of Louisa May Alcott's transcendent 1868 novel, produced by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley,"
"The production, directed with a flowing urgency from Giovanna Sardelli, is transcendent in plenty of places, but stalls and crawls in others. Jo (Elissa Beth Stebbins) is an established cog in the house's hierarchy. She possesses a maternal heart, her only other loyalty to her pen. She is the overseer of her lovely sisters Meg (Emily Ota), Beth (Lauren Hart) and Amy (Sharon Shao), with their tender matriarch Marmee (Cathleen Ridley) navigating her parent duties while worrying for her soldier husband."
A world-premiere stage adaptation of Little Women, produced by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, centers on the four March sisters navigating joy and tragedy in Civil War-era Massachusetts. Giovanna Sardelli directs with flowing urgency, producing transcendent moments alongside scenes that stall. Elissa Beth Stebbins portrays Jo as a maternal guardian and devoted writer; Emily Ota, Lauren Hart and Sharon Shao play Meg, Beth and Amy, while Cathleen Ridley is Marmee and Max Tachis plays Laurie. The production balances warmth, Beth's piano, heavy period costumes, and uneven pacing between an establishing, cheerful Act 1 and a higher-stakes Act 2.
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