Little Women

Little Women at Janet Allen Stage - Indiana Repertory Theater

You already know the March sisters. This production asks a better question: what if the woman who created them walked onstage beside them? At Indiana Repertory Theater's Janet Allen Stage in Indianapolis, Lauren Gunderson's adaptation of Little Women places Louisa May Alcott herself inside the story. It's a familiar favorite with a fresh doorway.

That choice changes how the evening feels. The play draws on passages from Alcott's original text while exploring the links between her life, her family and the characters she wrote. You aren't just watching Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy. You're watching a writer shape them, and perhaps see herself in them. Director Lauren Keating leads this staged, spoken telling, so the focus stays on language, performance and the people at the heart of the tale.

And what people they are. Four sisters with different ambitions, one mother holding the household together while the father serves in the Civil War. Family love, growing independence, social restrictions, friendships, romance and loss all move through the story. It's the kind of theatre that can sit a grandmother, a parent and a young reader in the same row, then give them something to talk about on the way out. Catch it on March 13 at 5:00 PM, part of the run through March 21, 2027. Reserve your seats for Little Women in Indianapolis and spend an evening inside the story and the mind that made it.