Welcome to Davidson Community Players' blog for our production of Little Women The Musical. By updating this blog as frequently as possible, we hope to share with you what all goes into creating a production of this caliber. Davidson College student Suzanne Lenz, who plays Beth March, has graciously agreed to write this blog based on her experiences. Below is a brief synopsis of the show. Please join us as we bring the pages of this wonderful script to the stage.
Based on Louisa May Alcott's classic 1869 semi-autobiographical novel, this soaring musical focuses on the four March sisters — feisty, tomboyish, aspiring author 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. Interspersed with the vignettes in which their lives unfold are several recreations of the melodramatic short stories Jo writes in her attic studio.
