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Adapted by Lauren Gunderson
From the original by Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women

Four sisters find their voices in 19th century New England, proving that sisterly bonds are more powerful than the loves or losses they face along the way. A world premiere adaptation of the beloved classic.

November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025

 

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LOUISA may Alcott’s Little WOmen

adapted by Lauren Gunderson

November 29 – January 5

THe 2024-25 Season

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We are just huge fans of #LittleWomen here 📖

The staff at Northlight is getting ready for #LittleWomenNLT - are you? Begins Friday ✨ Tickets available at the link in our bio! 

#ChicagoTheatre #ChicagoPlays #WorldPremiere #Skokie
Last and CERTAINLY not least, meet our final cast member of LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S LITTLE WOMEN, Yourtana who will be playing Amy! 

Yourtana Sulaiman (Amy) is so pumped to be back at Northlight Theatre working with such a talented cast and crew! Yourtana is an Iraqi-Assyrian actor based in Chicago. Recent credits: Happy Days are Here (Again) (Steep), The Singularity Play (Jackalope), Selling Kabul (Northlight), the live in(n) (The Story Theatre), Mosque4Mosque (About Face), Chagall in School (Grippo Stage Company), NBC’s Chicago Fire, and more. Education: BFA Acting, UIC School of Theatre and Music; Eolia Conservatory of the Dramatic Arts BCN; The Second City. Yourtana is currently represented by Gray Talent Group. @yourtana on Instagram.

Don't miss Yourtana and the rest of the #LittleWomen on stage beginning this Friday! 

#LittleWomenNLT #WorldPremiere #ChicagoPlays #ChicagoTheatre
"I'm not ambitious for a splendid fortune, but I do long to be master of my own fate." — Jo March

Today, meet Tyler Meredith, who will be taking on the iconic roles of Louisa and Jo! 

Tyler Meredith (Louisa/Jo) Northlight Theatre debut. Chicago credits include: Inherit the Wind, The Penelopiad, The Cherry Orchard, Twilight Bowl, Graveyard Shift/New Stages (Goodman); Campaigns, Inc. (Timeline); Eurydice, Mystery of Love and Sex (Writers); The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chicago Shakespeare); A Christmas Carol (Drury Lane); The Columnist (American Blues). Regional credits include: A Phoenix Too Frequent (American Players Theatre); At The Wedding, Miss Bennet: Christmas At Pemberley, My Father’s War (TheatreSquared); Hamlet (Montana Shakespeare in the Parks). TV/Film credits include Chicago Fire. Tyler is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, School at Steppenwolf, and the University of Illinois-Chicago. She is represented by Gray Talent Group. @tylermckmeredith 

Don't miss Tyler and the rest of the #LittleWomenNLT cast, taking the stage beginning November 29! 

#LittleWomen #LousiaMayAlcott #ChicagoTheatre #ChicagoPlays
We like good, strong words that mean something and there's plenty of those to go around in the rehearsal room! 

#LittleWomenNLT begins next week and we are so excited to share this #WorldPremiere with you. Grab your tickets today at the link in our bio ✨ 

#LittleWomen #LousiaMayAlcott #ChicagoTheatre #ChicagoPlays #SneakPeek
Time to #MeetTheCast - It's Erik Hellman! 

Erik Hellman (John/Friedrich) Previous shows at Northlight include Georgiana and Kitty, Miss Bennet, Shining Lives, and Lost in Yonkers. Recent shows in Chicago include: 1776, The Sound of Music (Marriott); Lindiwe, Familiar, The Burn (Steppenwolf); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Othello, Mousetrap, The Misanthrope, Proof, The Mystery of Irma Vep (Court); Smart People, Marjorie Prime (Writers); Eastland (Lookingglass); and Luna Gale (Goodman). Film/TV work includes The Dark Knight, Walden, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, The Good Fight, Mrs. America, Fargo, 61st Street, and the David Fincher Film The Killer.

Don't miss Erik as John and Friedrich in the #WorldPremiere of #LittleWomenNLT! Beginning November 29 📖

#LittleWomen #ChicagoTheatre #ChicagoPlays #Skokie
#MeetTheCast! Today, meet John Drea who plays our charming boy next door, Laurie 📖

John Drea (Laurie) Northlight Theatre debut. Chicago: Little Bear Ridge Road (Steppenwolf); The Sound Inside (Goodman); Solaris (Griffin Theatre, Jeff Nomination); Chagall in School (Grippo Stage Company, Jeff Nomination); Twelfth Night, Cymbeline (Midsommer Flight); American Psycho (Kokandy Productions); Skunk and Badger, Whose Body? (Lifeline). Off-off Broadway: OneIronaut (The Outer Loop). Regional: Deathtrap (Constellation Stage). Television: Ashley Green, The Onion. Upcoming theatre: A Lie of the Mind (Raven). Upcoming film: PIP! (Sacred Arthouse). He is represented by Gray Talent Group. @johndrea1998

Don't miss John in the #WorldPremiere of LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S LITTLE WOMEN, beginning on November 29! 

#LittleWomen #LittleWomenNLT #ChicagoPlays #ChicagoTheatre #Skokie
Talented and brilliant and all the good things it's the cast of #LittleWomenNLT! 😍 We've had a week in the rehearsal room together and cannot wait to share the love with you all in just a few weeks! 

FEATURING
Janyce Caraballo 
Lucy Carapetyan 
Demetra Dee 
John Drea 
Erik Hellman
Tyler Meredith 
Yourtana Sulaiman 

#LittleWomen #ChicagoPlays #ChicagoTheatre #Skokie