‘Wives and Daughters’ by Elizabeth Gaskell presented by The Online Stage.

‘Wives and Daughters’ follows the daily life of a widowed county doctor, Mr. Gibson, and his daughter, Molly. During our time with the Gibsons, Mr. Gibson decides to marry a woman who has a daughter near Molly’s age, Cynthia. Molly and Cynthia grow up together, fall in love, and spend their days with the many characters in Hollingford.

Cast:

Narrator – Sybil Johnson

Mr. Gibson – Rob Goll

Molly Gibson – Anna Grace

Mrs. Kirkpatrick – Elizabeth Klett

Cynthia – Amanda Friday

Squire Hamley – Jeff Moon

Mrs. Hamley – Sara Sheckells

Roger Hamley – Tyler Hyrchuk

Osborne Hamley – Lance Rasmussen

Lord Cumnor – Graham Scott

Lady Cumnor – Lillian Rachel

Lady Cuxhaven – Shaina Summerville

Lady Agnes – Grace Keller Scotch

Lady Harriet – Leanne Yau

Lord Hollingford – Kyle Alan

Mr. Preston – Andy Harrington

Mrs. Goodenough – Sara Morsey

Miss Phoebe – Trisha Rose

Mrs. Parkes – Sarah Mitchell

Old Silas – Josh Innerst

Aimee – Tiffany Halla Colonna

Grandchild – Isabelle Friday

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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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Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery presented by The Online Stage.

Emily Starr is sent to New Moon Farm on Prince Edward Island following the death of her dear father. She lives with her two aunts and her cousin Jimmy. Emily has a hard time getting along with Aunt Elizabeth but has great plans to become a writer.

Less well known than the Anne of Green Gables series, L.M. Montgomery reportedly feels closer to Emily in personality and even experienced some of the same events in her own life.

Cast:

Narrator—Amanda Friday

Emily Starr—Anna Grace

Aunt Elizabeth—Merete Mohs

Aunt Laura—Erin Grassie

Cousin Jimmy—Tyler Hyrchuk

Ilse Burnley—Grace Keller Scotch

Aunt Tom—Sara Morsey

Great-Aunt Nancy—Alyssa Petrey

Dr. Burnley—Marty Krz

Father Cassidy—Jeff Moon

Miss Brownell—Tiffany Halla Colonna

Teddy Kent—Andy Harrington

Perry Miller—Tim Sailer

Ellen Greene—Rosie O’Toole

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The Online Stage presents Comic Tragedies by Jo & Meg by Louisa May Alcott.

This 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:

Jo—Amanda Friday

Meg—P. J. Morgan

Beth—Tiffany Halla Colonna

Amy—Anna Grace

Stage Directions—Erin Grassie

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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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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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The Online Stage presents The Professor by Charlotte Brontë.

The first novel written by Charlotte Bronte, The Professor follows a young man named William Crimsworth on his teaching career in Brussels as well as the relationships he forms while residing there. At the behest of the headmistress, Zoraide Reuter, William tutors fellow teacher Frances Henri in English and finds himself falling in love with her. Jealousy drives Zoraide to dismiss Frances from the school as well as refusing to assist William in discovering her whereabouts.

Cast:

• William Crimsworth – Lance Rasmussen
• Mademoiselle Zoraide Reuter – P. J. Morgan
• Mademoiselle Frances Henri – Sydnee Fullmer
• Mr. Hunsden – Andy Harrington
• Monsieur Francois Pelet – Rob Goll
• Madame Reuter – Elizabeth Klett
• Madame Pelet – Sara Morsey
• Sylvie – Tiffany Halla Colonna
• Hortense – Libby Stephenson
• Eulalie – Anna Grace

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The Online Stage presents North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell.

North and South follows the young Margaret Hale as she is caught in the middle of the brutal world between employers and local workers following the Industrial Revolution. She finds herself at odds from the very start with John Thornton, a local factory owner, and self-made man, as she believes him to be unfeeling and callous about the poverty and suffering of the workers while John sees Margaret as haughty and entitled. Further conflicts arise when the workers strike and Margaret feels compelled to intervene with no regard for her own safety. Written in 1854, North and South is one of Gaskell’s best-known novels and has been adapted for the screen three times.

Cast:

• Narrator – Trisha Rose
• Margaret Hale – Amanda Friday
• John Thornton – Rob Goll
• Richard Hale – David Stifel
• Maria Hale – Elizabeth Klett
• Hannah Thornton – Sarah Mitchell
• Nicholas Higgins – Jeff Moon
• Bessy Higgins – Shaina Summerville
• Dixon – Lillian Rachel
• Frederick Hale – Mark Crowle-Groves
• Mr. Bell – Graham Scott
• Fanny Thornton – Tiffany Halla Colonna
• Edith – Anna Grace
• Henry Lennox – Andy Harrington
• Captain Lennox – Craig Franklin
• Charlotte – Michelle Marie
• Mr. Lowe – Denis Daly
• Mrs. Shaw – Sara Morsey
• Mr. Colthurst – Ted Wenskus

Audio edited by Rob Goll

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Anne’s House of Dreams by L. M. Montgomery

Performed by The Online Stage

Anne and Gilbert begin their life together in Anne’s House of Dreams, a continuation of the story that began with Anne of Green Gables. First published in 1917, the L. M. Montgomery series continues with Anne as a new bride making new friends wherever she finds them. They settle on the seashore at Four Winds Point, an area near the village of Glen St. Mary on Prince Edward Island, Canada. She is befriended by the capable Miss Cornelia Bryant, kindly old sea Captain Jim, and the beautiful, mysterious figure of Mrs. Dick Moore.

Cast:

Narrator – Susan Iannucci

Anne Shirley – Amanda Friday

Leslie Moore – Erin Grassie

Miss Cornelia Bryant – Sara Morsey

Captain Jim – David Stifel

Susan Baker/Mrs. Harmon Andrews – P. J. Morgan

Tom/Owen Ford/Old Leon Blaxquiere/John Selwyn – Jeff Moon

Paul Irving/Dr. Dave/Marshall Elliot – Andy Harrington

Phillipa – Anna Grace

Marilla/Mistress Selwyn – Elizabeth Klett

Mrs. Rachel Lynde – Maureen Boutilier

Diana – Tiffany Halla Colonna

Davy/Mrs. Doctor Dave – Grace Keller Scotch

Gilbert Blythe – Ted Wenskus

Miss Patty – Trisha Rose

Mrs. Jasper Bell/Charlotta the Fourth – Becca Maggie

Audio edited by Susan Iannucci

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Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen, by Sybil Brinton. Presented by the Online Stage.

Old Friends and New Fancies is the first ever Jane Austen fan fiction and was originally published in 1913. Sybil Brinton imagines an entirely new story of romantic entanglements using a mashup of characters from all of Austen’s major novels. Have you ever wondered what happened to Georgiana Darcy and Kitty Bennet from Pride and Prejudice or Mary Crawford and Tom Bertram from Mansfield Park? Find out in this delightfully comic homage to Austen’s beloved characters.

Cast:

Georgiana Darcy: Becca Maggie

Mr. Darcy: David Shears

Elizabeth Darcy: Arielle Lipshaw

Jane Bingley/Anne Wentworth: PJ Morgan

Elinor Ferrars/Mrs. Hurst/Lucy Ferrars: Anna Grace

Miss Bingley/Anne Steele: Tiffany Halla Colonna

Colonel Fitzwilliam: Rob Goll

Mary Crawford: Amanda Friday

James Morland/Mr. Knightley: Andy Harrington

Lady Catherine de Bough/Mrs. Jennings: Sara Morsey

Sir Walter Elliot/Mr. Bennet: Peter Tucker

Emma Knightley/Mrs. Grant: Elizabeth Chambers

Tom Bertram/Mr. Yates: Jeff Moon

Mr. Bingley/Captain Wentworth: Russell Gold

William Price: Mark Crowle-Groves

Kitty Bennet: Leanne Yau

Narrator: Elizabeth Klett

Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

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Anne of the Island by L.M.Montgomery

Presented by The Online Stage

Anne of the Island was published in 1915 covering her from the ages of 18 to 22. This is the third story of Anne Shirley where she earns her BA at Redmond College.

In this book, she enjoys new and old friends at Redmond, living together at Patty’s Place chaperoned by Aunt Jamesina. Gilbert proposes to Anne and she rejects him – but you must listen to the story to know the rest!

Cast:

Narrator – Susan Iannucci

Anne – Amanda Friday

Philippa – Anna Grace

Diana – Tiffany Halla Colonna

Mrs Lynde – Maureen Boutilier

Aunt Jamesin – Marie Hoffman

Gilbert – Ted Wenskus

Also featuring the voices of Ken Foster, Andy Harrington, Grace Keller Scotch, Elizabeth Klett, Becca Maggie, P.J. Morgan, Trisha Rose, and David Stifel.

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Jane Eyre is a plain orphan girl, unloved and abused by her Aunt Reed, who is sent away to boarding school. Strong of heart and craving independence, Jane embarks upon a life of governess to a young French girl named Adele, the benefactor of the mysterious Mr. Rochester. Life at Thornfield Hall proves just as mysterious as its owner with haunting laughter and a dark secret living in the attic.

Arguably Charlotte Bronte’s most famous novel, it continues to top the charts of most loved classics of all time.

Cast

Jane Eyre – Amanda Friday
Mr. Rochester – Rob Goll
St. John Rivers – Jeff Moon
John Reed – Andy Harrington
Mary Rivers – Grace-Keller Scotch
Mrs. Reed – Sara Morsey
Diana Rivers – Elizabeth Klett
Grace Poole – Danielle Cohen
Abbot – Michelle Marie
Mr. Lloyd – Ben Stevens
Mr. Brocklehurst – Alan Weyman
Frederick Lynn – Ted Wenskus
Miss Miller/Georgiana – Arielle Lipshaw
Helen/Rosamond Oliver – Becca Maggie
Adele/Blanche Ingram – Tiffany Halla Colonna
Mrs. Fairfax – Sarah Mitchell
Sam – Peter Tucker
Lady Ingram – P J Morgan
Mason – Craig Franklin

Audio edited by Amanda Friday

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