Shown back, from left, are Alora Martinez and Isabella Ahmadi. Front are Annie Bryant, Alex Beavers and Mia Winsor. Submitted photos
The stage is set as the drama club at Mariposa County High School puts the final touches on their final performance of the season.
The group’s last play of the season is Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Little Women, adapted from the novel by Louisa May Alcott.
“A timeless classic for a contemporary audience,” said director Kate Hall.
Performances will take place at Mariposa County High School on April 11, at 7 p.m., April 12, at 7 p.m. and a matinee on April 13, at 2 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased in advance for $8 at gofan.co/my-tickets and also at the door for $10.
“We have a smaller cast with a lot of seniors,” Hall said.
This will be the final production for the seniors who will be graduating in the upcoming months.
The cast for Little Women includes: Alex Beavers, Alora Martinez, Isabella Ahmadi, Annie Bryant, Mia Winsor, Everly Johnson, Huyana Lawrence, Connor Finley, Canyon Carter, Jasmine Martinez and Aria Kornaros.
Isabella Ahmadi as Jo March.
Tech and crew behind the scenes include Abby Barnett, Cas Luffy, Kelsea Coder, Gianna Marks, Karessa Rusaib-Smith, Maggie Tafoya, Evan Rule and Savannah Green.
“This group is very passionate about this play,” Hall said.
“Little Women is special for a lot of them and they’ve been really dedicated.”
Ahmadi is a senior this year who is playing the role of Jo March.
“I’m excited to be doing Little Women for our last show,” Ahmadi said.
Several cast members will be taking on multiples roles.
Beavers is also a senior this year who will be taking on two roles — Marmee March and Aunt March.
“It’s bittersweet that it’s the last one,” Beavers said.
“I love being on stage but the people are what makes it what it is and I will miss them.”
Little Women is a classic story in which Jo March isn’t your typical Victorian lady.
She’s indecorous, headstrong and one day she’s going to be a great American novelist.
As she and her sisters grow up in the middle of the Civil War, they strive to be brave, intelligent and imaginative young women.
But as adulthood approaches, each sister must negotiate her private ambitions with society’s expectations.
In a war-torn world defined by gender, class and personal tragedy, Jo March gives us her greatest story: that of the March sisters, four dreamers destined to be imperfect little women.
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