The “Little Women” play performances that ran on March 11 and March 12, brought heavy emotion to the crowd with outstanding performances from both the cast and crew.
The play followed the book “Little Women” by author Louisa May Alcott, and was brought to life with the ensemble. The March sisters cast consisted of senior Arabella Parry-George playing the lead role of Jo March, senior Ava Guckian playing Meg March, senior Tylia Moran playing Amy March and sophomore Julia Daloisio playing Beth March. Additionally, sophomore Ally Sutton portrayed Marmee and senior Emily Ruiz played Aunt March. Parry-George reflects on the importance of connecting with the cast.
“I wanted to make a performance I was proud of,” Parry-George said. “I think we all did as a team and cast.”
While the show itself was a success, challenges still arose when putting the play together and making sure everything was ready for the opening nights as well as the METG Theatre Festival for high schools that they performed at on March 7. This festival was essentially just an educational program for Massachusetts high schools where theatre programs can collaborate and perform for one another–being a great introduction to how the play would work out and what the cast struggled on or needed to focus on the most.
“I struggled with the death scene where I watched my sister die because it took a while for us to stop laughing and be serious,” Parry-George said. “We got yelled at about it a few times to focus.”
Despite struggling to contain laughter during the lead up to opening night, the final product was worth it. Sophomore Julia Daloisio delivers an extraordinary presentation of her character, Beth March, during her death scene, causing severe emotion within the crowd.
“I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to portray it without looking ridiculous,” Daloisio said. “I heard I made people cry, so I am most proud of that.”
Aside from the amazing achievement in spreading emotion to the crowd, Daloisio believes that the production could not have had a better cast and crew.
“We have all gotten really close since it is a smaller cast,” Daloisio said. “I couldn’t imagine a better cast to do this with.”
But the cast were not the only ones who tied this whole performance together. After the two runs of the show, stage manager senior Lilah Peters reflects on the turnout of her fourth time being stage manager.
“It was really fun; I got to see all the lead up and all the work [put] into the show,” Peters said. “It was a lot less work than the musical so I could relax more and trust that everyone knew what they were doing and that I could depend on them.”
With familiar faces to Peters within the cast and crew, everyone coming together and sharing the work of the show made it worthwhile. Peters praised the team for all their hard work paying off.
“I am most proud of everyone coming together and working together; no one felt like they were sitting around, and they all participated in making the show what it was,” Peters said.
