Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Season 19
About the Play
“Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents.”
And so begins one of the most beloved classics of American literature — a story that has warmed generations of readers since it was first published in 1868.
With the men off fighting the Civil War, Marmee and sisters Jo, Beth, Amy and Meg are left to fend for themselves. They learn how to grapple with poverty, sickness and death as they each discover and embrace their destinies.
Bring your family to the Dairy this holiday season and spend some time with the March family. Relive their adventures, their passionate loves, their ups and downs and their joy in being together.
“Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts, And they’ve got ambition, and they’ve got talent, as well as just beauty. I’m so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for.” — Jo March, Little Women
Performance Details
Venue
Grace Gamm Theater, Dairy Arts Center, Boulder
Schedule
Thursday, Dec. 5, 7:30 pm (Preview)
Friday, Dec. 6, 7:30 pm (Preview)
Saturday, Dec. 7, 7:30 pm (Opening)
Sunday, Dec. 8, 2:00 pm
Thursday, Dec. 12, 7:30 pm
Friday, Dec. 13, 7:30 pm
Saturday, Dec. 14, 2:00 pm
Saturday, Dec. 14, 7:30 pm
Sunday, Dec. 15, 2:00pm
Thursday, Dec. 19, 7:30 pm
Friday, Dec. 20, 7:30 pm
Saturday, Dec. 21, 2:00 pm
Saturday, Dec. 21, 7:30 pm
Sunday, Dec. 22, 2:00 pm
Thursday, Dec. 26, 7:30 pm
Friday, Dec. 27, 7:30 pm
Saturday, Dec. 28, 2:00 pm
Saturday, Dec. 28, 7:30 pm
Sunday, Dec. 29, 2:00 pm
CAST
Heidi Carann Snider (MEG MARCH/WRITER) is thrilled to be back at BETC for their production of Little Women! You may have seen her last year as Kris Simms in HOLLY, Alaska! Her previous stage credits also include Michelle Morris in Dreamgirls (LTAC); Ella in Cinderella, Yvette in Clue:On Stage, Elizabeth Benning in Young Frankenstein, Cecily Cardew in The Importance of Being Earnest (CRT), Beneatha Younger in the regional premiere of Raisin (THAC); Lili in the regional premiere of Small Ball (The Catamounts). Heidi is excited for future projects and looks forward to working with like-minded individuals who share her passion for storytelling! @heidicarann
Minh-Anh Day (LAURIE) is thrilled to be working with BETC again! Previous acting credits include Enemy of the People (BETC), Macbeth, Merry Wives of Windsor (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), Wolf Play (Company One, Elliot Norton nominee for Outstanding Actor), We're Still Here (Empathy Theater Project), and The Great Divide (HowlRound NPRP). Film: Handsome, Simulacrum, Free Guy (starring Ryan Reynolds). His plays have been workshopped and/or produced by Leviathan Lab, Chicago Dramatists, New York Theater Festival, the Actors’ Shakespeare Project, and the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. Education: NTI and Stanford University. minhanhday.com
Kate Gleason (MARMEE/AUNT MARCH/WRITER/ENSEMBLE) last appeared with BETC in Annapurna (Westword Award, Best Actress). Broadway: Noises Off; The Pillowman. Selected Off-Broadway: Henry IV (Brooklyn Academy of Music), A Flea in Her Ear (Roundabout Theatre). Regional/ International: Playmakers Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Northern Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Vienna's English Theatre, Hebbel Theatre, Berlin, Off Square Theatre, The Arvada Center, DCPA Theatre Company, and THEATREWORKS. As a Director, she has worked with several Denver and Colorado based companies including The Arvada Center, The Aurora Fox, Miners Alley, Benchmark, Thunder River Theatre Company as well as Off Square Theatre Company in Jackson Hole, WY.
Kaylee Hawkins (BETH MARCH/WRITER) is so excited for the opportunity to play Beth in this production of Little Women. She was most recently in a production of Alice in Wonderland with Arts in the Open. Kaylee graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with her BFA in Acting and Directing in 2019. Kaylee would like to thank the incredible cast, crew and director; as well as her loving friends and family who have never stopped believing in her. She would also like to give a special thanks to Raina (her Meg), Courtenay (her Jo), Krystal-Kay (her Marmee) and Grandma Lois whose Beth she’ll always be.
Jenna Moll Reyes (AMY MARCH/WRITER) is making her Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company stage debut! Although, this isn’t her first time with BETC - She previously directed Amelia’s Big Idea, and assistant directed Guards at the Taj. Other acting credits: Waitress, Noises Off, Damn Yankees, Miss Saigon (Arvada Center); POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive (Thunder River Theater Company), Theater of the Mind, Wild Party, Between Us: Blind Date, Sweet and Lucky (DCPA Theatre Company: Off Center); Ring of Fire (North Carolina Theatre); The Cherry Orchard, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, 4000 Miles (Miners Alley Performing Arts Center); Twelfth Night (Theaterworks: Colorado Springs); Twist Your Dickens, She Kills Monsters (Aurora Fox Arts Center). She is happily represented by Radical Artists Agency, and is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. Up Next: Jenna will be directing The Heart Sellers at Theatreworks Colorado Springs, and The Naked Mole Rats Gets Dressed at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.
Matthew Murry (BROOKE/BHAER/ENSEMBLE) is honored to join BETC for this production of Little Women! Local Credits: Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Firehouse Theater Company); The Cherry Orchard and School of Rock (Miners Alley Playhouse), The Inheritance and The Glass Menagerie (Vintage Theatre), and Around the World in 80 Days (Aurora Fox). Education: M.F.A. in Acting - Indiana University, B.A. in Theatre - Muskingum University, Certificate in Commedia Dell'Arte Performance - Antonio Fava's International School of Comic Acting of Italy. He works at Montessori School of Evergreen with his wife and fellow theatre artist Stephanie. Matthew is a 2023 True West award recipient.
Erik Sandvold (MR. MARCH/MR. LAURENCE/MR. DASHWOOD/ENSEMBLE) A graduate of Northwestern University, Erik has frequently performed major roles with the leading theatre companies in Colorado, including Denver Center Theatre Company, Arvada Center, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, BETC, Theatreworks, Creede Rep, and Curious Theatre Company. Recent Curious roles include: Mr. Carp in The Minutes and Ben in Franklinland. Other notable roles: The Poet in An Iliad, and Mason in Take Me Out (Denver Post Ovation Award). Erik also won Ovation Awards for I Am My Own Wife and for the world-premiere of Bubs: A One Man Musical (Fringe NYC). He has received two national awards for his audiobook narration.
Madison Taylor (JO MARCH) is an actor based in Los Angeles. She’s thrilled to be making her BETC debut! Off-Broadway: Roxane in CYRANO (TITAN THEATER COMPANY). Shakespeare: Juliet in R&J, Helen in All’s Well (COLORADO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL); Desdemona in Othello (MONTANA SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS), and Viola in Twelfth Night (CALIFORNIA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY). You can see her on screen as Morgan in feature film SEANCE GAMES METAXU (AppleTV+, dir. Tane McClure) and as Sparrow Spirit in indie pilot RACHEL RAMA. Upcoming work includes guest starring as a young Dee Wallace in THE DAY IS YOUNG with dir. Taymour Ghazi, Samantha Walker in TV miniseries THE ANNIHILATOR, and Ranger Veronica in TV miniseries BIGFOOT & JEFF. Big Love to my soulmate, JP, and my lil comet, Juni.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Tina Anderson (SET DESIGN) Tina’s last designs for BETC are What the Constitution Means to Me, Coal Country (True West Award), Eden Prairie,1971, (nominated for a Henry Award) & The Royale. Off Square Theatre, Sweeney Todd. Arvada Center, Dracula & The Laramie Project. For Curious Theatre Company POTUS & Cullud Wattah. Cherry Creek Theatre Heartbeat of the Sun, Headliners, Moon for the Misbegotten. Thunder River Theatre Company POTUS & Hurricane Diane. Benchmark, The Road to Lethe.
Amy Cole (PROPERTIES DESIGN) has worked with BETC on a myriad of shows since 2008. Some favorites include Silent Sky, Ambition Facing West, and Pride and Prejudice.
Kaylyn Kriaski (STAGE MANAGER) is thrilled to be stage managing her first show with BETC! Other credits: SM: Dracula, Cinderella (Arvada Center) King Lear, Much Ado, As You Like It, King Charles III (Colorado Shakespeare Festival) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Little Shop of Horrors, Three Musketeers, Henry IV Part 1, Hamlet, Gertrude and Claudius (Orlando Shakes). ASM: Great Comet, Beautiful, Damn Yankees, Beauty and the Beast, Into the Woods (Arvada Center) Macbeth, Merry Wives of Windsor, Book of Will, Two Gentlemen of Verona (CSF) Training: B.A in Theatre from the University of Southern Mississippi.
Jenny Milne-Wright (COSTUME DESIGN) has lived in Colorado since 2007 and doesn’t plan on living anywhere else. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Clothing and Textiles from Virginia Tech. She has worked in Fashion and Theater, as well as Film and Television, and truly believes interwoven within these different worlds is the storytelling power of clothing itself. One of her greatest joys is telling that story through fabric choices, silhouettes, color, texture, trim and even accessories. Storytelling is the thread that connects us all. What we wear says something about us and every detail adds up to tell our stories.
Jessica Robblee (DIRECTOR) directed An Enemy of the People and Coal Country for BETC. Other directing credits include: Animal Farm and Yesterado (Arvada Center), The Last Five Years and The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged (UpstART Theatre Company), Seasons 1 and 2 of Cult Following (DCPA Theatre Company), Art Emergency (Denver Art Museum). and Seasons 1-12 of Buntport Theater for All Ages, including the productions Trunks: A Live Comic Book, Duck Duck Dupe, Ode to an Ode, and Siren Song.
Kelsea Sibold (ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER) is thrilled to be joining the team at BETC! Recent Regional Credits: Waitress, Kinky Boots (Arvada Center); Medea Re-Versed (World Premiere) (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival); A Thousand Maids (World Premiere),The Scarlet Letter (World Premiere), Hair (Two River Theater); Mountain Octopus (World Premiere), R&H’s Cinderella, Native Gardens, (Creede Repertory Theatre); Theater of the Mind (DCPA Theatre Company); The Odyssey, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Colorado Shakespeare Festival). B.F.A in Stage Management; University of Colorado Boulder.
CeCe Smith (SOUND DESIGN) is a sound designer based in Denver, CO. Her recent Sound Design Projects include Taming of the Shrew (Theatreworks,) BI-PASSING (Insight Theatre Collab,) Company (CU Boulder,) and The Rocky Horror Show (Phamaly Theatre Company). CeCe received her first Henry Award for The Royale (BETC) in 2023 and has worked across the nation. When she isn’t working on theatre (which she always is) she is reading comics or watching movies like the introvert she is.
