Louisa May Alcott News

As theater continues to recover from the pandemic interruption, First Folio Theatre has announced its 2022-2023 season. The final season begins with a classic farce: JEEVES INTERVENES by Margaret Raether based on the works of P.G. Wodehouse, which runs November 5 through December 4, 2022.

Augustana University Theatre patrons are in for a delightful treat this weekend with Little Women The Musical at Edith Mortenson Center Theatre. Everything about this show is a pleasure. Infused with love and the energy, this production pulls you into the world of Jo March and her family with fond remembrance of your first reading of this classic by Louisa May Alcott.

The Ritz Theater and Performing Arts Center will present Little Women the Musical, running May 5-7 at 7:30PM and May 8 at 2PM. Don't miss this astonishing production!

Road Less Traveled Productions' production of Little Women…Now by Donna Hoke, originally scheduled for April 21, will now open on Saturday April 23. Patrons who who purchased tickets for April 21 and 22 will have their tickets honored for a new performance date.

Musical Theatre of Anthem has announced their 2022-2023 Fantastic 15th Season, bringing to the stage some new performances sure to delight patrons of all ages.  MTA will produce 7 shows offering tremendous opportunities for performers of all ages.

For the first time since 2019, Heritage Theatre Festival will return to live performance this summer with a new name that aligns with its home at the University of Virginia and a new vision to broaden the scope and reach of Virginia's longest-running professional summer theatre company.  

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) will end its 2021-2022 season with Little Women…Now, a world-premiere adaptation by Ensemble member Donna Hoke.  Little Women…Now will run for five weeks, from April 21- May 22 and will star RLTP Ensemble member Lisa Vitrano alongside Alex Watts, Brittany Bassett, Heather Gervasi, Sabrina Kajwaty, Jake Hayes and Ricky Needham under the direction of RLTP Ensemble Member Doug Weyand.  

Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre will return this summer with three fantastic full-length productions coming to the biggest open-air theatre in the north. The open-air season will run from Friday, 1 July to Bank Holiday Monday, 29 August. 

Theatre Calgary's Artistic Director Stafford Arima has announced their 2022-23 season of plays.

When you think of Little Women, what probably springs to mind is a group of earnest young ladies in Massachusetts learning how to navigate the adult world – or, potentially, Joey’s reaction to Beth getting sick when he reads the book in an episode of Friends. What you don’t immediately think of is climate change and cocktails. Unless you’re Figs in Wigs, that is.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced its Ensemble for its 2022 season which takes place this summer between May and October.

Lookingglass Theatre Company has announced that Artistic Associate Sara Gmitter has been awarded the The Adrienne Shelly Foundation Playwrights Award.

Tennessee Shakespeare Company will host its indoor/outdoor Jack Jones Children's Literacy Gala on Saturday, April 23 at 6:00 pm.

WOW - Women of the World has announced the full daytime programme for its 2022 London Festival, which returns to the Southbank Centre from 11-13 March, supported by Bloomberg, to mark International Women's Day.

Nebraska Wesleyan's staging of the musical, Little Women, depicts a Civil War story of love and family bonds in growing America. The musical is based on the 1868-69 novel by Louisa May Alcott.

WOW - Women of the World has announced the full lineup for WOW Sounds at WOW London. WOW's special music programme is part of its annual London festival at the Southbank Centre on 11-13 March, supported by Bloomberg, to mark International Women's Day.

Join cavod theatre in their production of Broadway Musical LITTLE WOMEN. This musical adaptation has been praised by critics for its ambitious and yet accurate portrayal of Louisa May Alcott's universally loved story of her life.

Figs in Wigs will reprise their  live art, feminist adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel Little Women – Little Wimmin as part of WOW – Women of the World – London 2022 Festival prior to a UK tour. Running at the Southbank Centre from 11-13 March, the London edition of the WOW is the world's biggest, most comprehensive festival celebrating women, girls and non-binary people.

February marks a new beginning at the Stratford Festival with members of the 2022 acting company set to start rehearsals. Over the coming months, these dynamic artists will immerse themselves in 10 extraordinary productions and lead the Festival into the post-pandemic future.

WOW - Women of the World has announced headliners for its 2022 London Festival, which returns to the Southbank Centre from 11-13 March, supported by Bloomberg, to mark International Women's Day.