GhostLight Theatre opens season with ‘Little Women’

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The actors who play the March sisters in GhostLight Theatre's production of "Little Women" – Sofia Pate, left, as Beth, Kelly Collins as Jo, Skyler Scott as Meg, Cecilia Petrush as Amy – walk along the beach at Lake Michigan in this publicity photo. The production opens May 19 and continues through May 29, 2022, at the theater in Benton Harbor.
The actors who play the March sisters in GhostLight Theatre's production of "Little Women" – Sofia Pate, left, as Beth, Kelly Collins as Jo, Skyler Scott as Meg, Cecilia Petrush as Amy – walk along the beach at Lake Michigan in this publicity photo. The production opens May 19 and continues through May 29, 2022, at the theater in Benton Harbor.
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BENTON HARBOR — The GhostLight Theatre opens its 2022 season with “Little Women” from May 19 to 29 at 101 Hinkley St.

Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott, the adaptation features a book by Allan Knee, music by Jason Howland and lyrics by Mindi Dickstein.

Originally written to chronicle the lives of one family in the aftermath of the Civil War, the story has been reset by director David Ferrell during the Vietnam War era in the wake of the Women’s Right’s Movement in America.

The story focuses on the four March sisters — traditional Meg; wild, aspiring writer Jo; timid Beth; and romantic Amy — and their beloved mother, Marmee, at home in Concord, Mass., while their father is away serving in the military. Intercut with the vignettes in which their lives unfold are several recreations of the melodramatic short stories Jo writes in her attic studio.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and at 3 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets are $28-$12.

For more information, call 269-252-5222 or visit ghostlightbh.com.

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: GhostLight Theatre opens season with ‘Little Women’