Little Women

This version of Little Women is adapted by Kevin M. Cunningham from the novel by Louisa May Alcott. When Cunningham set out to direct a production of Little Women, he sought a script that would authentically reproduce the voice of Louisa May Alcott’s original story. Not finding one, he decided to adapt the story himself, and produced a script that is a distillation of the original book, a faithful theatrical presentation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. The one innovation he introduced was the inclusion of discussions between Miss Alcott and her editor, Mr. Niles, as she is writing the novel. He felt this gave the play a richer framework that represents the story as the product of an actual person at a specific time in history.