Little Women

Little Women at Janet Allen Stage - Indiana Repertory Theater

You know the March sisters. Now meet the writer who dreamed them up. At the Indiana Repertory Theater, Lauren Gunderson's stage adaptation of Little Women puts Louisa May Alcott herself inside the story, so a book you may have loved for years suddenly feels new. It's a spoken stage production, not a musical and not a film, and it arrives on the Janet Allen Stage in Indianapolis for the 5:00 PM performance on February 27, 2027.

Alcott's own words are woven in. The production draws on passages from her original text while exploring how her life, her family and her fictional characters connect. Watch Jo's fire and ask where it came from. Watch the sisters bicker, comfort and dream, then wonder how much of home found its way onto the page. Directed by Lauren Keating, this version invites you to see the storyteller and the story at the same time.

Four sisters and their mother hold the household together while the father serves in the Civil War. Love, growing independence, social limits, friendship, romance and loss all play out in front of you, live. Each sister wants something different, yet their bond keeps pulling them back together. That makes this a rare night out that can bring generations to the same row: the reader who has known these characters for decades, and the newcomer meeting them for the first time. Plan your Indianapolis evening, then grab your seats for Little Women at the Janet Allen Stage.