The Little Women Collection by Louisa May Alcott presented by The Online Stage.

This collection includes the remastered Online Stage productions of Little Women, Little Men, Jo’s Boys as well as Comic Tragedies by Jo & Meg.

Little Women is the story of four sisters growing up against the background of the American Civil War. Alcott wrote the book at the urging of the publisher, Thomas Niles, who was seeking a story about girls that would have popular appeal. Although it was commenced essentially as a children’s book, it developed into something of a bildungsroman, which touches on more serious issues such as the difficulties faced by single-parent families, the death of a sibling, and fractured relationships.

Little Men tells the continuing story of Jo March, who has married Professor Bhaer, with whom she now runs a small school.

In Jo’s Boys, we revisit the Plumfield clan 10 years later, all grown up and finding their way through life’s adventures and misadventures. Simmering romances blossom for some while the bravery and strength of others are tested. Through it all, Jo and Professor Bhaer desperately hope they have done their duty in raising up good citizens of the world with dreams, passions, empathy, and intelligence. Alcott shines once again with her ability to write human emotion through real-world scenarios that are still relevant today.

Comic Tragedies by Jo & Meg is a collection of plays written by Jo and Meg March, often discussed and performed in the March family attic by the beloved Little Women as the Pickwick Players. Our cast returns as Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth to perform every role with dramatic flair from damsels in distress to evil villains, and no shortage of mistaken identities and sword fights.

Cast:

Narrators—Lee Ann Howlett and Erin Grassie

Jo—Amanda Friday

Meg—P. J. Morgan

Beth—Tiffany Halla Colonna

Amy—Becca Maggie and Anna Grace

Laurie—Andy Harrington

Professor Bhaer—Ben Lindsey-Clark

Various other roles performed by Elizabeth Klett, Ron Altman, Ben Stevens, Nancy German, Maureen Boutilier, Jeff Moon, Jennifer Fournier, Miranda Hodges, Izzy Lindsey-Clark, Rebecca Thomas, Brett Downey, Sarah Pignatello, Chris Marcellus, Leanne Yau, Cate Barratt, Libby Stephenson, Marty Krz, David Prickett, Arielle Lipshaw, Ted Wenskus, Tomas Peter, Anastasia Durning, Josh Innerst, Tim Sailer, Sydnee Fullmer, Lance Rasmussen, Tyler Hyrchuk, Max Gallo, Anna Grace, Jennie VanderLugt, and Trisha Rose.

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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Presented by The Online Stage.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is the second published collection of short stories featuring the famous consulting detective and his friend and colleague Dr. Watson.

Following on the blockbuster collection The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, this anthology holds 12 classic mysteries, including “Silver Blaze,” “The ‘Gloria Scott’,” “The Musgrave Ritual,” “The Crooked Man,” “The Greek Interpreter,” and “The Final Problem.”

Cast:

Dr. Watson—Rob Goll

Sherlock Holmes—Ben Lindsey-Clark

Inspector Gregory/Grant Munro/Mr. Melas—Josh Innerst

Susan Cushing/Effie Munro/Anne Harrison—Elizabeth Klett

Colonel Ross/Inspector Lestrade/Hall Pycroft—Jeff Moon

Old Cunningham/Henry Wood/Mycroft Holmes—Graham Scott

Colonel Hayter/Major Murphy/Inspector Gregson—David Stifel

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the first published collection of short stories featuring the famous consulting detective and his friend and colleague Dr. Watson.

Following on the success of two novellas, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four, this collection includes twelve classic mysteries, including perennial favorites “A Scandal in Bohemia,” “The Red-Headed League,” “The Speckled Band,” “The Man With the Twisted Lip,” “The Five Orange Pips,” and “The Blue Carbuncle.”

Cast:

Dr. Watson – Rob Goll

Sherlock Holmes – Ben Lindsey-Clark

Irene Adler/Mrs. St. Clair/Mrs. Moulton/Violet Hunter – Amanda Friday

Mr. Windibank/John Openshaw/Henry Baker/Victor Hatherley – Josh Innerst

Mary Sutherland/Miss Turner/Helen Stoner/Mary Holder – Elizabeth Klett

John Clay/Inspector Lestrade/Neville St. Clair/Alexander Holder – Jeff Moon

Jabez Wilson/John Turner/James Ryder/Lord St. Simon – Graham Scott

Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

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As the curtain falls on the March family’s tale, we revisit the Plumfield clan 10 years later, all grown up and finding their way through life’s adventures and misadventures.  

Simmering romances blossom for some while the bravery and strength of others are tested. Through it all, Jo and Professor Bhaer desperately hope they have done their duty in raising up good citizens of the world with dreams, passions, empathy, and intelligence. 

Alcott shines once again with her ability to write human emotion through real-world scenarios that are still relevant today.

Cast:

Narrator – Lee Ann Howlett

Jo – Amanda Friday

Dan – Josh Innerst

Ted – Tim Sailer

Josie – Sydnee Fullmer

Demi – Lance Rasmussen

Professor Bhaer – Ben Lindsey-Clark

Meg – P. J. Morgan

Nan – Leanne Yau

Laurie/Nat – Andy Harrington

Rob – Tyler Hyrchuk

Daisy – Tiffany Halla Colonna

George – Tomas Peter

Adolphus – Max Gallo

Amy – Anna Grace

Tom – Ted Wenskus

Emil – Jeff Moon

Frau Tetzel – Elizabeth Klett

Ann – Jennie VanderLugt

Mr. March – Ben Stevens

Mrs. Hardy – Trisha Rose

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Mark Ablett is hosting all his friends at his English country house when he receives a letter from his estranged brother, Robert, announcing Robert’s intention to arrive from Australia. Not long after his arrival, Robert turns up dead, his body found with a bullet wound to the head, and Mark is nowhere to be seen. Antony Gillingham and his friend, Bill Beverly, play Sherlock Holmes & Doctor Watson to solve this whodunnit mystery. This is Milne’s only mystery novel.

Cast:

Narrator – Elizabeth Klett

Antony Gillingham – Andy Harrington

Bill Beverly – Tyler Hyrchuk

Matthew Cayley – Josh Innerst

Mrs. Stevens – Liz Blackett

Audrey Stevens – Amber Hegarty

Elsie – Amanda Friday

Robert Ablett – Ben Lindsey-Clark

Major Rumbolt – Ron Altman

Betty Calladine – Ella Lynch

Ruth Norris – Lillian Rachel

Mark Ablett – Graham Scott

Old Gillingham – Alan Weyman

Landlady – Jennie VanderLugt

Landlord – Marty Krz

Mrs. Calladine – Sara Sheckells

Inspector Birch – Rob Goll

Parlour Maid – Sydnee Fullmer

Kitchen Maid – Leanne Yau

Angela Norbury – Anna Grace

Mrs. Norbury – Danielle Cohen

Andrew Amos – Andrew Coleman

Parsons – David Stifel

Coroner – Jeff Moon

John Borden – Lance Rasmussen

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Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie

Presented by The Online Stage

Join Peter Pan, Wendy, John, and Michael Darling along with the forever young Lost Boys of Neverland in their fight against Captain James Hook and his dastardly pirate crew! Will the children defeat Hook or will that pesky tick-tocking of the crocodile catch up with him first?

Making this full-cast production unique is including children in appropriate roles which only adds to the authenticity of this beloved classic tale about the Boy Who Refused to Grow Up.

Cast:

Narrator – Ben Lindsey-Clark

Peter Pan – Amber Hegarty

Wendy Darling – Amanda Friday

John Darling – Andy Harrington

Michael Darling – Isabelle Friday

Mrs. Darling – Elizabeth Klett

Mr. Darling – Max Gallo

Liza – Jennie VanderLugt

Tinkerbell – Sydnee Fullmer

Tootles – Miranda Hodges

Nibs – Mark Crowle-Groves

Slightly – Boone VanderLugt

Curly – Jonah VanderLugt

Twins – Tyler Hyrchuk

Captain Hook – Rob Goll

Smee – Josh Innerst

Starkey – Lance Rasmussen

Noodler- Nik Sliwerski

Mullins – Jeff Moon

Jane – Shaina Summerville

The Voice – Anna Grace  

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Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie Collins

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Madame Pratolungo is a close companion to Lucilla Finch, a young woman who has been blind since birth. Madame Pratolungo records the narrative of Lucilla’s trials from falling in love with Oscar Duborg, her wealthy and shy neighbor, to ending up in a romantic entanglement between Oscar and his brother Nugent. When Lucilla temporarily regains her sight thanks to Herr Grosse, mistaken identities and manipulative schemes are there to greet her.

Cast:

Madame Pratolungo – Danielle Cohen

Lucilla Finch – Amanda Friday

Oscar Duborg/Nugent Duborg – Lance Rasmussen

Herr Grosse – Ben Lindsey-Clark

Rev. Finch – Rob Goll

Jicks – Isabelle Friday

Zillah – Lillian Rachel

Mr. Sebright – Jeff Moon

Mrs. Finch – Anna Grace

Young Ruffian – Josh Innerst

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The Online Stage presents David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.

In a comprehensive and beautifully crafted first-person narrative, David Copperfield recalls key stages, memories, and incidents of his life from infancy to maturity.

Scenes, adventures, and characters are summoned to the narrator’s remembrance so vividly that they are rendered with the vitality of the present moment.

In this dramatized reading of the unabridged novel, a cast of 15 narrators bring to life over 100 characters, among them the eccentric Betsey Trotwood; the stern, inflexible Murdstones; the fawning and treacherous Uriah Heep; the captivating Dora Spenlow; and the impecunious but ever-optimistic Wilkins Micawber.

David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a serial in 1849-1850, and then as a book in 1850. It has remained one of his most popular novels and was stated by the author to be his “favorite child”.

Cast:

David Copperfield/Daniel Peggotty – Rob Goll

Wilkins Micawber/Doctor Strong – Jeff Moon

Uriah Heep/Ham Peggotty – Huw Brentnall

Emma Micawber/Jane Murdstone – Elizabeth Klett

Edward Murdstone/James Steerforth – Ben Lindsey-Clark

Dora Spenlow/Clara Copperfield – Amanda Friday

Mr. Dick/Mr. Spenlow – David Stifel

Clara Peggotty/Martha Endell – Danielle Cohen

Agnes Wickfield/Little Em’ly – Anna Grace

Little Minnie – Isabelle Friday

Betsey Trotwood – Sarah Mitchell

Mr. Wickfield/Mr. Omer – Phil Benson

Rosa Dartle/Julia Mills – P. J. Morgan

Mrs. Steerforth/Mrs. Gummidge – Trisha Rose

Tommy Traddles/Mr. Littimer – David Shears

Audio edited by Rob Goll

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The Online Stage presents Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.

Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë’s only novel, first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. A work of considerable power and intensity set in the Yorkshire moors in the late 18th century – the bleak and wild moorland often reflected in the natures of the characters. Unsettling at times, the novel is a heady mix of gritty realism, romance, Gothic horror, and tragedy.

Jealousy, obsession, and revenge hang like a dark, brooding storm over two generations of the Linton and Earnshaw families, threatening to blight their hopes and destroy their lives.

At the center of this storm, the doomed love of Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw provides many passages of exquisite beauty.

Cast:

• Mr. Lockwood – David Shears
• Heathcliff/Joseph – Rob Goll
• Catherine Earnshaw – Amanda Friday
• Ellen Dean – Lillian Rachel
• Hindley/Hareton Earnshaw – Andy Harrington
• Edgar Linton – Ben Lindsey-Clark
• Isabella Linton – Anna Grace
• Catherine Linton – Tiffany Halla Colonna
• Linton Heathcliff – Mark Crowle-Groves
• Zillah – Elizabeth Klett
• Dr. Kenneth – Graham Scott
• Frances Earnshaw – Amber Hegarty
• Mary – Danielle Cohen

Audio edited by Rob Goll

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This is the second novella detailing the continuing adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the world’s first consulting detective, and his friend and colleague, Dr. John Watson. In The Sign of Four, Holmes and Watson are hired by Mary Morstan to investigate the mysterious circumstances of her father’s death, which will set them on the trail of a lost Indian treasure and in pursuit of two of the strangest criminals in the Holmes canon.

Cast:

Dr. Watson – Rob Goll

Sherlock Holmes – Ben Lindsey-Clark

Athelney Jones – Jeff Moon

Jonathan Small – Josh Innerst

Thaddeus Sholto – Elizabeth Klett

Mary Morstan – Amanda Friday

Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

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Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1887 novella introduced the world to Sherlock Holmes, the brilliant consulting detective, as portrayed through the eyes of his friend and colleague Dr. John Watson, a retired army physician. In A Study in Scarlet, Holmes and Watson take on their first case together, involving a body discovered in an abandoned London house with a bloody message scrawled on the wall above.

Cast:

Dr. Watson – Rob Goll

Sherlock Holmes – Ben Lindsey-Clark

Inspector Lestrade – Jeff Moon

Inspector Gregson – David Stifel

Jefferson Hope – Max Gallo

Lucy Ferrier – Elizabeth Klett

Young Lucy – Miranda Hodges

Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

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Oliver Twist is the well-loved tale of an orphan, who starts life in a workhouse and finds himself embroiled in London’s criminal underworld, before being saved by a kind gentleman who knows something of his surprising family history. A satire and social commentary as well as a page-turning yarn, full of grit, wit, and some of the most memorable characters in English Literature. The second published serialised novel by Charles Dickens, The British Library remarks that “it has proven to be one of the best-loved novels in the history of literature”.

Cast:

Narrator and Sikes – Ben Lindsey-Clark

Oliver – Sarah Bacaller

Fagin – Graham Scott

Mr. Bumble – Rob Goll

Dodger – Amber Hegarty

Nancy – Anna Grace

Rose Maylie – Amanda Friday

Dr. Losberne – David Prickett

Harry Maylie – Mark Crowle-Groves

Mrs. Corney – Elizabeth Klett

Mrs. Maylie – Lillian Rachel

Monks – Jeff Moon

Charlie Bates – P. J. Morgan

Grimwig – Max Gallo

Audio edited by Ben Lindsey-Clark

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