Central Drama Club Marches Into The Past With 'Little Women'

Press release from Cue Zero Theatre Company:

Central High School’s Maskers Drama Club is excited to present their winter drama Little Women. In this incredible adaptation by playwright Kate Hamill, Jo March isn’t your typical Victorian lady. She’s indecorous and headstrong, and one day she’s going to be a great American novelist. As she and her sisters grow up in the middle of the Civil War, they strive to be brave, intelligent, and imaginative young women. But as adulthood approaches, each sister must negotiate her private ambitions with society’s expectations. In a war-torn world defined by gender, class, and personal tragedy, Jo March gives us her greatest story: that of the March sisters, four dreamers destined to be imperfect little women.

Critics rave about this wonderful adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s timeless classic. “Ms. Hamill’s feminist-friendly spin on the classics never fail to sound an engagingly original note… an ingenious compassion of Alcott’s novel that is by turns funny and painfully poignant…it touched me to the heart.” —The Wall Street Journal. “…Jo has always been the most compelling character by far in Louisa May Alcott’s coming-of-age novel Little Women. In reworking it for the stage, Kate Hamill…has done the dramatically sensible thing and placed Jo at the center…the silly, malaprop-prone Amy blossoms fully into her horridness, becoming an excellent foil for Jo…Meg, [as] a frazzled young mother, gets a gorgeous scene of near despair…with just the right comic touch.” —The New York Times.

LITTLE WOMEN is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Shows are February 17th and 18th at 6:30pm and February 19th at 2:00pm in Central High School's McAllaster hall. Tickets are $10 for general admission, $5 for students, seniors and veterans; available cash-only at the door.

The Maskers Drama Club is the oldest student organization at Central High School, first performing in 1924. The Maskers present two full productions per school year, as well as putting on workshops and student showcases.

This press release was produced by Cue Zero Theatre Company. The views expressed here are the author's own.