Jerusha Abbott is the “Oldest Orphan in the John Grier Home” until a mysterious benefactor decides to send her to college to be educated as a writer. Required to write him a letter once a month, she is never to know the benefactor’s identity – so she invents one for him: Daddy Long Legs. Although she knows that he will never respond to her letters, she grows more and more fond of this elusive and kindly “old” gentleman. But another relationship soon begins to develop in Jerusha’s life. Jervis Pendleton is the well-do-do, “youngish” uncle of one of Jerusha’s roommates, who introduces her to a world of literature, travel and adventure. Through her correspondence with Daddy Long Legs and her growing intimacy with Jervis, Jerusha’s letters chronicle her emergence as a delightfully independent “New American Woman.” Yet, there is one startling fact that Jerusha has yet to uncover – a fact that will change her life forever.
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May We All (8/8/25-8/17/25)
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Curious George: The Golden Meatball
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (1/31 - 1/31) | |
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Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Poetic Tone Pictures
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (1/25 - 1/25) | |
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BalletX
Chrysler Hall (3/5 - 3/5) | |
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The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes
Capital One Hall (6/7 - 6/7) | |
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Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats
Hylton Performing Arts Venue (3/7 - 3/7) | |
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Dorrance Dance
Ferguson Center for the Arts (4/23 - 4/23) | |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity)
Ferguson Center for the Arts [Concert Hall] (2/3 - 2/3) | |
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