Jo March encompasses curiosity and delight, a critical component of the grand house she dwells within. It’s not because she feels more important than her sisters, but because she knows she is the gatekeeper of their legacy, forever in the conscience of millions of readers.

Lauren Gunderson’s world premiere adaptation of “Little Women” is the comfort food presentation of Louisa May Alcott’s transcendent 1868 novel, produced by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, part of a series of multiple commissioned world premieres taking place throughout the country.

The focus is on the four March sisters who weave their way through the duality of the joy and tragedy of Civil War-era Massachusetts. While the story is a massive part of American folklore, the production itself has its troubles focusing two un

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