LITTLE WOMEN to Open Inland Valley Repertory Theatre's 2017 Subscription Season

The musical Little Women with a book by Allan Knee, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, and music by Jason Howland, will be presented by the Inland Valley Repertory Theatre company at the Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont April 12 through April 26, 2017.

The production is directed by Patrick Brien, assisted by Hope Kaufman. Ronda Rubio is music director and conductor of the small orchestra comprised of local, professional musicians. Kim Eberhart is choreographer. Featured in the production are Jaclyn Kelly Shaw as Jo March, Andrew Wade as Laurie, Chris Lindsey as Professor Bhaer, Katherine Minano as Amy March, Anna Daines as Meg March, Haven Watts as Beth March, Melinda Messenger-Stout as Marmee March, Mel Chadwick as Mr. Laurence, Valerie Jasso as Aunt March, Max Herzfeld as Mr John Brooke. Ensemble members include Cindy Smith, Mark MacKenzie, Rosalia Marenco, Candace Elder, and Dante Marenco.

Little Women is presented by the Inland Valley Repertory Theatre company at the Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont. Tues and Weds. April 12-26 at 7:30 PM plus a matinee at 2:00 on April 26. Tickets are $32.00. (show only). To purchase tickets, visit www.ivrt.org or call 909/859-4878.

About the Play

Based on Louisa May Alcott's classic 1869 semi-autobiographical novel, it focuses on the four March sisters - brassy, tomboy-like, aspiring writer Jo, romantic Meg, pretentious Amy, and kind-hearted Beth - and their beloved Marmee, at home in Concord, Massachusetts while the family patriarch is away serving as a Union Army chaplain during the Civil War. Intercut with the vignettes in which their lives unfold are several recreations of the melodramatic short stories Jo writes in her attic studio.