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 Beloved Tales of Beatrix Potter

Presented by The Online Stage

Pull up a chair, snuggle under your favorite blanket, gather the kids, and enjoy the charming stories you know and love. This multicast production brings to life all your favorites!

This collection includes 19 stories: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tailor of Gloucester, The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, The Tale of Mrs. Tiggly-Winkle, The Pie and Patty-Pan, The Tale of Jeremy Fisher, The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, The Story of Miss Moppet, The Tale of Tom Kitten, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, The Roly-Poly Pudding, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, The Tale of Mr. Tod, The Tale of Pigling Bland, and Ginger and Pickles.

Cast:

• Michelle Marie
• Sara Morsey
• John Burlinson
• Chris Marcellus
• Nancy German
• Ted Wenskus
• Lee Ann Howlett
• Lillian Rachel
• Rob Goll
• Anna Grace
• Jonah VanderLugt
• Russell Gold
• Miranda Hodges
• Boone VanderLugt
• Josh Innerst
• Elizabeth Klett
• Isabelle Friday
• Jennie VanderLugt
• Shirley Savage
• Jeff Moon
• Jennifer Fournier
• Ella Lynch
• Tyler Hyrchuk
• Liz Blackett
• Andy Harrington
• Trisha Rose

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A House of Pomegranates (1891) is a collection of four fairy tales by Oscar Wilde: “The Young King,” “The Birthday of the Infanta,” “The Fisherman and His Soul,” and “The Star Child.” These magical, beautiful, tragic, and cynical tales will charm listeners of any age. Narrated by Noel Badrian, and performed by a full cast.

Featuring the voices of Noel Badrian, Craig Franklin, Chris Marcellus, Lucy Peterson, Elizabeth Klett, Ron Altman, Miranda Hodges, John Burlinson, Denis Daly, Jennifer Fournier, Amanda Friday, Nancy German, Anna Grace, Erin Grassie, Lee Ann Howlett, Tyler Hyrchuk, Susan Iannucci, Michelle Marie, Nancy Peterson, David Prickett, Trisha Rose, Shirley Savage, Grace Keller Scotch, Joe Tabler, Mike Vendetti, Alan Weyman, and Larry Wilson.

Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

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Floyd Dell: A Short Play Collection

Presented by The Online Stage

Floyd Dell has been called “one of the most flamboyant, versatile, and influential American Men of Letters of the first third of the 20th century”. Though he was primarily a newspaper and magazine editor, most prominently of the radical left-wing magazine The Masses, he also published many best-selling feminist works. As a staunch advocate of feminism, socialism, psychoanalysis, and progressive education, his writing greatly shocked the American bourgeoisie at the time, to the point where it became so controversial, he was put on trial twice for his subversive literature.

This is a complete collection of all 11 of his short plays, which include many delights, such as a dialogue musing upon the curiosities of human nature, fights between lovers, a tragic fantasy story, and even a comedic take on a popular biblical tale.

1 Human Nature
2 The Chaste Adventures of Joseph
3 The Angel Intrudes
4 Legend
5 Sweet-And-Twenty
6 A Long Time Ago
7 Enigma
8 Ibsen Revisited
9 King Arthur’s Socks
10 The Rim of the World
11 Poor Harold

Featuring the voices of Leanne Yau, Anna Grace, Tomas Peter, Marty Krz, Tom Fisher, Tom Saer, Michelle Marie, Ben Stevens, Lee Ann Howlett, Sarah Mitchell, John Burlinson, Graham Scott, Denis Daly, Andy Harrington, Chris Marcellus, Jennifer Fournier, Sarah Bacaller, Larry Wilson, Amanda Friday, Alan Weyman, Joseph Tabler, Ted Wenskus, Nancy German, Mark Crowle-Groves, Shirley Savage, and PJ Morgan.

Audio edited by Leanne Yau and Denis Daly
Cover art by Gregor Strähle

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The House of the Seven Gables 
By Nathaniel Hawthorne 
Presented by The Online Stage    

According to legend, the Pyncheon family has been cursed by their 17th century ancestor, Colonel Pyncheon, who stole the land from Matthew Maule. Maule was later put to death after being accused of witchcraft and the deed for the land could not be found. Now living in the New England mansion fraught with haunted miseries of the past, Hepzibah Pyncheon opens a small shop to pull herself from the poverty-striken curse she has lived under while her brother, Clifford, was serving a decades-long prison sentence for murder. Her young cousin, Phoebe, moves in and quickly wins the hearts of customers, as well as that of the strange tenant at Seven Gables, Mr. Holgrave. Pursued by their wealthy and relentless cousin, Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon, the family pieces together new evidence of what really happened with the murder and the missing deed.    

Cast  

Narrator – Susan Iannucci 
Uncle Venner – David Stifel 
Holgrave – Ted Wenskus 
Judge Pyncheon – Ron Altman 
Clifford – Ben Stevens 
Housewife – Nancy German 
Hepzibah Pyncheon – Elizabeth Klett 
Phoebe Pyncheon – Amanda Friday 
Dixey – Jeff Moon 
Ned Higgins – Arielle Lipshaw    

Audio edited by Amanda Friday

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Frances Hodgson Burnett’s heartwarming novel about an idealistic and impoverished American child who unexpectedly finds himself transplanted into the English aristocracy has long been considered a true classic of children’s fiction.

Young Cedric lives with his widowed mother in New York. His late father was a British earl who had been disowned by his father for marrying an American. As all of the Earl of Dorincourt’s sons have now died, he begrudgingly looks to Cedric as his sole heir. While the earl soon comes to love the endearing little Cedric, conflict arises when a strange woman appears on the scene and insists that her son is the true heir.

Cast:

Narrator – Christianne Lupher
Cedric – Miranda Hodges
Mrs. Errol – Maureen Boutilier
Mr. Hobbs – Marty Krz
Mr. Havisham – Ron Altman
Earl of Dorincourt – Denis Daly
Dick – Ben Stevens
Additional voices provided by Sarah Bacaller, Lee Ann Howlett, Susan Iannucci, Nancy German, P J Morgan, Alan Weyman, Danielle Cohen, Jeff Moon, Phil Benson, Sarah Mitchell, Leanne Yau, Andy Harrington, Andrew Coleman, Ken Foster, and Elizabeth Klett.

Audio edited by Amanda Friday, Elizabeth Klett, and Denis Daly.

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“How the Whale Got His Throat”
“How the Camel Got His Hump”
“How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin”
“How the Leopard Got His Spots”
“The Elephant’s Child”
“The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo”
“The Beginning of the Armadillos”
“How the First Letter Was Written”
“How the Alphabet Was Made”
“The Crab That Played with the Sea”
“The Cat That Walked by Himself”
“The Butterfly That Stamped”
“The Tabu Tale”
Featuring the voices of Alan Weyman, Amanda Friday, Andy Harrington, Ben Stevens, Christianne Lupher, Chyanne Donnell, Denis Daly, Elizabeth Chambers, Jeff Moon, Jennifer Fournier, John Burlinson, K.G. Cross, Larry Wilson, Leanne Yau, Lee Ann Howlett, Marty Krz, Maureen Boutilier, Michelle Marie, Nancy German, Noel Badrian, P.J. Morgan, Ron Altman, Sarah Bacaller, Susan Iannucci, and Ted Wenskus. Music excerpts from Scenes from Childhood and Novelleten by Robert Schumann. Audio edited by Denis Daly.

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A man loses his only child in a car accident. But has she really gone? Why does he keep hearing her voice?
Cast
Olivia – Leanne Yau
Dunn – Andy Harrington
Komack – K. G. Cross
Steve – Jeff Moon
Pete Shibley – Russell Gold
Lehman – Nancy German
Mr. Komack – Marty Kryz
Sabrina – Elizabeth Klett

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Cast:
Wesley Sutton – Jeff Moon
Anita Sanders – Nancy German
Daniel Sanders – Richard Andrews
Bobby May – Andy Harrington
Cora Jimenez – Maureen Boutilier
Evelyn Ross – Amanda Friday
Mr. Pierce – Ron Altman
Johnny – Ben Stevens
Calvin Ross – Marty Kryz
Ruth – Arielle Lipshaw
Child – Miranda Hodges
President Coolidge – Russell Gold
Radio Announcer – Leanne Yau
Soldier – Chris Marcellus
Porter – Denis Daly
Lt. Tanner – Brett Downey
Narrator -John Burlinson
Audio edited by K.G. Cross

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After starting out as a novelistic storyteller, she explored the notion that words have sufficient power in themselves to create context, and hence the historical structures represented by the novel and narrative poem became unessential, although still useful.

A writer like Gertrude Stein is an obvious target for parody. However, this piece was devised not just as a parody but also as a tribute. Whether one wishes to admit it or not, Gertrude Stein was a seminal figure in 20th century literature, one whose contribution will be the source of study and discussion for generations to come.

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