November 18–December 26, 2026 | Jewell Mainstage Theatre
In This Program
- About The Play
- Director’s Note
- Company
- Flavors of the Stage
- Lobby Gallery
- A Book for Girls: The Story Behind the Classic
- Up Next on the Jewell Mainstage
- 50 years of Holiday Joy!
- Winter Acting Classes & Midwinter Break Camps
- Print Edition
- More About Taproot Theatre
Taproot Theatre
Playing in the Isaac Studio Theatre
About the Play
Playing in the Jewell Mainstage Theatre
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women
By Lauren Gunderson
Director
Karen Lund**
Creative Team
Music Director
Claire Marx
Scenic & Sound Designer
Mark Lund
Costume Designer
Pete Rush
Lighting Designer
Tucker Goodman
Props Master
Jaiden Clark
Dialect Coach
Grace Helmcke
Stage Manager
Annika “Nik” Nolen*
Assistant Stage Manager
Lilian Furlong
Additional Creative Team
Assistant Director
Zandi Carlson
Movement Consultant
Katy Tabb
Dramaturg
Sonja Lowe
Intimacy Director
Bretteney Beverly
Cast
Jo/Louisa
Karin Terry*
Meg
Claire Marx
Beth
Priya Hendry
Amy
Juliette Jones
Marmee/Aunt March
Jesica Avellone
Laurie
Will Rader
John/Mr. March/Friedrich
Quinn Armstrong
Understudies
Jo/Louisa
McKenna Webb
Meg/Amy
Marina Rose Pierce
Beth/Marmee/Aunt March
Ashleigh Coe
Laurie/John/Mr. March/Friedrich
Rico Lastrapes*
Setting
1860s
Concord, Massachusetts: The March family’s cozy home and its surroundings
New York City
Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service. www.concordtheatricals.com
*Appearing through an agreement between this theatre, Taproot Theatre Company, and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
**The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society,
a national theatrical labor union.
Director’s Note
Dear Friends,
I have been a fan of the story of Little Women for a long time. I’ve watched all the major film versions: the 1933 black-and-white classic with Katherine Hepburn as Jo, the 1949 release in “vibrant Technicolor” with a young Elizabeth Taylor playing Amy, the 1994 version directed by Gillian Armstrong (with a soundtrack that still appears on my holiday music playlist), and the 2019 Oscar-winning screenplay written and directed by Greta Gerwig.
I felt like I’d known the March family my whole life, so, naturally, I assumed that I had read Louisa May Alcott’s original novel at some point in my childhood. Imagine my surprise when I picked up this classic as an adult and realized that I had never actually read the book!
Suddenly, I found scenes in the life of these characters that I never knew existed. I discovered for the first time that Alcott has an exquisitely comedic narrative voice. I understood on a whole new level why this story has charmed generations of readers and continues to be adapted and re-adapted into films, musicals, and stage plays. I had loved the March sisters all my life, but I realized that I’d never really known Louisa May Alcott.
This is the reason why I fell instantly in love with Lauren Gunderson’s stage adaptation that’s purposely titled Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. In this script, Gunderson is also fascinated by the creative mind of a woman who took her real-life family and translated them into a story that has endured for over a century and a half. This is a retelling that honors the voice of the original author, often quoting directly from her book. This is a retelling that strives to bring these real women to life: their gifts, their flaws, their dreams, their disappointments, and all their earnest longing to do better, to be better, and to grow into the women they were meant to be. Perhaps most importantly, this is a retelling that celebrates love—the guiding love of their mother along their journey, the romance that they find as they grow, and of course, the unbreakable bond between sisters.
It’s been an honor to bring this new adaptation of a beloved classic to life on the Taproot stage. It feels especially fitting to welcome you into Alcott’s world at Christmastime, when so many of us are making room for family, generosity, wonder, and joy. We offer this adaptation in that spirit—as a celebration of love that grows, forgives, sacrifices, and keeps showing up.
Thank you for making Taproot Theatre part of your family’s festivities during this holiday season.
Enjoy the show!
Karen Lund
Director
Company
Cast
Quinn Armstrong
John/Mr. March/Friedrich
Quinn is an award-winning writer, director, and actor. As an actor, he has appeared at Village Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and ACT. As a writer and director, his first feature, Survival Skills, starred Stacy Keach and won numerous awards at festivals like Fantasia, Raindance, and Cinequest. His fourth feature, The Exorcism of St. Patrick, was featured in The New York Times, Deadline, and various other publications. As a composer, his opera All That Apply, was recently selected for a McCune grant. His cats are not impressed by any of this and fundamentally do not respect him.
Jesica Avellone (she/her)
Marmee/Aunt March
Jesica is an actor and teaching artist. She was last seen at Taproot as an understudy for As It Is in Heaven. She was most recently seen in Hurricane Diane (Seattle Public Theater), The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (Book-It Repertory Theatre), Miss Holmes (Latitude Theatre), and Gunked! (Annex Theatre - Gregory Award nominee). Jesica has also performed with Cafe Nordo, Seattle Shakespeare Company/Wooden O, Washington Ensemble Theatre, and 14/48. Home is where Colin and the girls are. jesicaavellone.com
Priya Hendry (she/her)
Beth
Priya is a performer, teaching artist, and generally a believer that theatre has the power to make and change worlds. With Taproot, she’s performed as Lucy in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe holiday tour and as an understudy with the Road Company. She’s currently an ensemble member at Washington Ensemble Theatre where she recently performed in Scrambling the Goose. She is so endlessly delighted to share this story of hope with you!
Juliette Jones (she/her)
Amy
Juliette is ecstatic to return to Taproot where she was previously seen in A Woman of No Importance and two runs of A Charlie Brown Christmas. She has performed locally with Harlequin Productions, Dacha Theatre, Centerstage Theatre, ACT, and many more. She also performs year-round as Juliette Chocolat in the vintage vocal trio, The Memphis Belles! She would like to thank the wonderful cast and crew, JEMA, Scott, and the audience member reading this! @juliette.joness
Claire Marx (she/her)
Meg & Music Director
Claire is a Seattle-based actor, musician, and educator. Credits include Murder on the Links, Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley, Jeeves Takes a Bow, Black Coffee, Always… Patsy Cline, The Bishop’s Wife (Taproot Theatre); Hairspray and Cinderella (Village Theatre); The Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Goodnight Moon (Seattle Children’s Theatre). She is a professor at Seattle University’s Cornish College of the Arts and offers voice and piano lessons through her private studio.
Will Rader
Laurie
Will is thrilled to be returning for another Christmas with Taproot! He was last seen at Taproot in A Sherlock Carol. Other recent credits include BLOOD/SUCKER (Washington Ensemble Theatre) and Next Exit (Annex Theatre). A huge thank you to the cast and crew for their incredible work, to his friends and family for their continued support, and to you, the audience, for being here and making live theatre possible!
Karin Terry
Jo/Louisa
Karin fell in love with theatre at 10 years old at a Taproot summer camp of Bugsy Malone Jr. Now they are over the moon to be performing on the Jewell Mainstage. Karin was last seen at Taproot in 2024 as Lucy in A Charlie Brown Christmas. Other recent credits include Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress (Broadway Rose); Elf, Bye Bye Birdie (5th Avenue Theatre); and Camelot (Village Theatre). Thank you mom & dad. Love to Nick!
Understudies
Ashleigh Coe
u/s Beth/Marmee/Aunt March
Ashleigh is thrilled to be returning to the Taproot stage! At Taproot, you may have previously seen her in Till We Have Faces, As It Is in Heaven, A Christmas Carol, Pageantry, and Foolish Wiseman. She was also part of Taproot's Road Company, touring bullying-prevention shows to schools all around the PNW. Enjoy the show!
Rico Lastrapes (he/him)
u/s Laurie/John/Mr. March/Friedrich
Rico is thrilled to be returning to Taproot! He was last seen as Capt. Riser in The Hello Girls. Other regional credits include Macbeth (Union Arts Center); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Comedy of Errors (Seattle Shakespeare Company); White Christmas, West Side Story (The 5th Avenue Theatre); Newsies (Village Theatre); In the Heights (Orlando Shakespeare Theatre). Much love and thanks to his family & friends for all the support! @musical.rico.la
Marina Rose Pierce
u/s Meg/Amy
Marina is delighted to make her Taproot debut and return to a story that is dear to her heart. She has worked regionally at Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, Leavenworth Summer Theater, and more. Favorite roles include Maria/Liesl in The Sound of Music, Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof, Lydia in Pride and Prejudice, and Timmy in Jurassic Parking Lot. Marina has a BFA in Musical Theater Performance from Cornish College of the Arts. “I’ve had lots of troubles, so I write jolly tales.” @missmarinarose
McKenna Webb
u/s Jo/Louisa
McKenna is overjoyed to be making her Taproot debut! Selected credits include Katrina Van Tassel in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Centerstage Theatre); Ado Annie in Oklahoma!, Ariel in The Little Mermaid (ManeStage Theatre Company); and Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit (Lehigh University). She is also a member of Naomi Morgan Entertainment’s Singing for Seniors and The Memphis Belles. McKenna would like to thank her friends and family for their incredible love and support. mckennawebb.com
Creative Team
Jaiden Clark (he/him)
Props Master
Jaiden is a prop, scenic, and sound designer, and a proud Production Associate at Taproot Theatre. His recent credits include prop design for Taproot’s Road Company productions, Barefoot in the Park, and Conscience, and scenic painting for Conscience, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Ain't Misbehavin', and more.
Lilian Furlong (she/they)
Assistant Stage Manager
Lily is a Seattle-based stage manager and dramaturg, and is thrilled to be making their Taproot debut. Recent credits include Dream Carl Dream (Dacha Theatre) and I Will Miss You When You're Gone (The Shattered Glass Project). Endless love to her friends and family for being her cheerleaders. She thanks everyone for coming out to support live theatre!
Tucker Goodman
Lighting Designer
Tucker is happy to return to Taproot this Christmas season for both Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women and A Charlie Brown Christmas. Other Taproot lighting design credits include Barefoot in the Park, Till We Have Faces, The Importance of Being Earnest, Murder on the Links, and Happy Christmas, Jeeves. Tucker also designs scenery and works as a Scenic Designer with Analog Heart Creative Studio.
Grace Helmcke
Dialect Coach
Grace is beyond excited to make her dialect coaching debut at Taproot! You may have seen her work in recent productions like Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche (PonyWorld Theatre) and Million Dollar Quartet (Harlequin Productions). She loves getting the chance to play with sounds and broaden the horizons of how we express ourselves with speech, which she will continue to do as she completes her Master's in Speech Language Pathology at the University of Washington.
Karen Lund
Director
Karen is the Producing Artistic Director of Taproot Theatre, where she has served on staff for over three decades. Taproot recently received the 2026 Sound on Stage Award for Outstanding Theatre Experience and was nominated for the 2026 Gregory Award for Outstanding Organization of the Year. The company also received The Seattle Times Best in the PNW People’s Choice for Theatre (2024), the Gregory Award for Outstanding Organization of the Year (2024), and the Seattle’s Child Reader’s Choice Award for Day Camps/Classes: Performing Arts (2026). An award-winning stage and film director, Karen has more than 100 productions to her credit. Her recent directing work includes Taproot’s Conscience, Barefoot in the Park (also staged at Harlequin Productions), Murder on the Links, and Always... Patsy Cline, as well as Brigadoon for Village Theatre, for which she was nominated for the 2026 Gregory Award for Outstanding Direction of a Musical. Karen has directed at theatres across the country, is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Union (SDC), and works as a professional voiceover artist. She thanks her amazing family—Mark, Jake, and Hannah—for their love and support.
Mark Lund
Scenic & Sound Designer
Mark's favorite recent designs include Conscience, Murder on the Links, The Book of Will, and The Hello Girls at Taproot. He recently adapted Barefoot in the Park for Harlequin Productions in Olympia. Other design work includes Seattle Shakespeare Company, Book-It Repertory Theatre, and multiple award-winning short films. He has voiced many regional and national projects for T-Mobile, The North Face, the NHL, FedEx, and as Falco Lombardi in Starfox and Super Smash Bros. Love to Karen, Hannah, and Jake.
Annika “Nik” Nolen (she/they)
Stage Manager
Annika is a multidisciplinary theatre artist specializing in directing and stage management. Having recently graduated from the University of East Anglia with a Master’s in Directing, Annika is thrilled to be back in Seattle working with Taproot and this incredible team! Selected directing, assistant directing, and stage management credits include Trophy Boys (University of East Anglia), and Sister Act, The Book of Will, Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley, and The Hello Girls (Taproot Theatre). annikanolen.com | @annikanolen
Pete Rush (he/him)
Costume Designer
Pete’s previous Taproot designs include the Christmas at Pemberley trilogy, The Nerd, Kim’s Convenience, and Necessary Sacrifices. His designs have appeared locally at Village Theatre, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Washington Ensemble Theatre, ArtsWest, Union Arts Center, and Seattle University. Regional credits include the Hangar Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, and The Northeast Theater Company.
Additional Creative Team
Bretteney Beverly
Intimacy Director
Bretteney serves as Taproot’s Associate Artistic Director. She recently directed Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Ain't Misbehavin', A Sherlock Carol, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Raisin in the Sun, and Sister Act at Taproot. She’s happy to be a part of this production. Outside of theatre, she enjoys spending time with family, friends, and her sweet goldendoodle, Cubby.
Zandi Carlson (she/her)
Assistant Director
Zandi returns to Taproot after assistant directing Always… Patsy Cline and the Road Company’s 2025 productions, as well as understudying for The Book of Will. She is currently directing Romeo & Juliet (Studio East) which opens in January. Zandi owns and operates an acting coaching and self-taping studio, and has even probably recorded some of your favorite Seattle performers. Love to her little women: Logan and Nora. zandicarlson.com
Sonja Lowe (she/her)
Dramaturg
Sonja has a BA in Theatre from Seattle Pacific University and an MLitt in Dramaturgy from the University of Glasgow. She is the Literary Manager and Resident Dramaturg at Taproot Theatre and has contributed dramaturgical research to other regional theatres across the Pacific Northwest.
Katy Tabb (she/her)
Movement Consultant
Past Taproot choreography credits include The Hello Girls, As It Is in Heaven, Bright Star, Sweet Land, and Persuasion. Select choreography and direction credits include Come From Away (Ford’s Theatre); Spring Awakening, Sweeney Todd (The 5th Avenue Theatre); 9 to 5, Brigadoon, Legally Blonde, The Fantasticks, Cinderella, Mamma Mia!, Newsies, Singin’ In The Rain, Billy Elliot (Village Theatre); Come From Away (Theatre Aspen); Mamma Mia! (Great Lakes Center for the Arts); Waitress (Skylight Music Theatre); Bohemia, Seattle Vice (Marxiano Productions).
Acknowledgements
Actors' Equity Association
Actors’ Equity Association, founded in 1913, is the US labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers nationwide. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theater as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, working conditions, and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors’ Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks
Lauren Gunderson
Playwright
Lauren Gunderson is one of the most produced playwrights in America since 2015, topping the list thrice, including 2022/23. She is a two-time winner of the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for I and You and The Book of Will, the William Inge Distinguished Achievement in Theater Award, the Lanford Wilson Award and the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award, and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Arthur L. Weissberger Award and John Gassner Award for Playwriting. Her musical adaptation of The Time Traveller’s Wife premiered on the West End last year. Revolutionary Women, her new anthology of five plays, was published by Bloomsbury in 2023.
She studied Southern Literature and Drama at Emory University and Dramatic Writing at NYU’s Tisch School, where she was a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship. Her play The Catastrophist, about her husband virologist Nathan Wolfe, premiered digitally in January 2021 and is now in The COVID Art Capsule in the Library of Congress. She co-authored the Miss Bennet trilogy with Margot Melcon. The Half-Life of Marie Curie premiered off-Broadway and at audible.com.
Her work is published at Playscripts (I and You; Exit Pursued By A Bear; The Taming and Toil and Trouble), Dramatists Play Service (The Revolutionists; The Book of Will; Silent Sky; Bauer, Natural Shocks, The Wickhams and Miss Bennet) and Samuel French (Emilie and Peter Pan and Wendy). Her picture book Dr Wonderful: Blast Off to the Moon is available from Two Lions/Amazon.
She is the book writer for musicals with Dave Stewart and Joss Stone (The Time Traveler’s Wife), Ari Afsar (Jeannette and I and You), Joriah Kwamé (Sinister), Kira Stone (Built for This) and Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk (Justice and Earthrise). She is writing the Broadway-bound play about tennis icon and activist Billie Jean King. She is a board member of The Playwrights Foundation and a member of the Aspen Institute Science and Society cohort. laurengunderson.com
Production Crew
Stage Management/Crew Swing – Emma Peters
Dramaturgy Intern – Olivia Widmer
Casting
Casting Director – Bretteney Beverly
Costume Staff
Dressers – Lune Asay, Fernando Rivas
Draper – Martha Mitchell
Stitcher – Scían Hayes
Wig Designer – Jenn Hill
Wig Specialist – Kaleena Jordan
Scenic & Lighting Staff
Master Electrician – Aiyana Stephens
Scenic Carpenters – Garrett Dill, Jaime Tapia
Scenic Charge Artist – Mark Lund
Scenic Artist – Jaiden Clark
Light Board Operator – Matthew Ray
Sound Board Operator – Finley Brown
Electricians – Aurora Asay, Jared Johnson, Matthew Ray
Scenic Strike/Load-In – Chris Ippolito†, Theresa Oborn†, Ananda Portal†
† All stage work performed by employees represented by I.A.T.S.E., Local No. 15.
Flavors of the Stage
Stop by concessions before the show to pre-order your intermission refreshments.
Taproot’s concessions menu features Pacific Northwest wine and beer, non-alcoholic beverages, and a variety of snacks, including specialty items chosen for each show.
Specials curated for Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and A Charlie Brown Christmas:
- Christmas Morning Orange Gin Fizz
Gin, orange simple syrup, lemon juice, and soda water - Merry March Martini
Vodka, elderflower liqueur, cranberry juice, and mint - Father's Hot Buttered Rum
- Marmee's Mulled Wine
- March Sisters' Spritzer
Cranberry juice, rosemary simple syrup, and soda water (non-alcoholic) - Snoopy's Snowglobe
Vanilla Italian soda with edible blue glitter (non-alcoholic) - Meg's Orange Blossom Shortbread
from Lá Liath Bakery - Jo's Cheddar & Onion Scone
from Seattle Scone Company - Christmas Sugar Cookie
from Byen Bakeri
Celebrate all season long with our 50th Anniversary Specials!
- 50th Bubbles from Browne Vineyards
- Oatmeal Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookie from Lá Liath Bakery
Lobby Gallery
Returning Home: Paintings by Gina Ariko
October 26–December 31, 2026
“I owe my lifelong love of painting to my ojichan and obaachan, who were both working artists. Growing up biracial and a second-generation American, I often felt caught in the in-between, sometimes feeling “too American to be Japanese” and other times “too Japanese to be American.” This push-and-pull shows up in my work: nostalgia, a search for belonging, and the comfort of returning home are recurring themes in my paintings.
I work primarily in oil paint, a slow-drying and multilayered process that I find calming in an increasingly fast-paced world. Lately, I’ve been drawn to floral still life and ikebana, the traditional Japanese art of floral arranging, as the subject for my paintings. I love sharing the quiet intimacy of everyday moments that might otherwise go overlooked.”
—Gina Ariko
Gina Ariko is a Japanese American artist based in Seattle. Growing up, she spent most of her summers visiting family in Kokura, Japan, where her ojichan (grandfather) and obaachan (grandmother) first taught her to paint. Despite the language and distance barriers between them, they learned to connect through a shared love of painting. Her interest in art and storytelling overlapped at Santa Clara University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in both English and studio art, as well as a minor in art history. After graduation, Gina worked in marketing, events, and community development before pursuing art full-time in 2020. Since then, she has exhibited her artwork across the US and Japan and is currently represented by Gallery 110 in Seattle. In addition to her studio practice, Gina is a freelance floral designer and art teacher.
Works in the exhibition are available for sale unless marked by a red dot. View more works by Gina Ariko at ginaariko.com where you can contact the artist to enquire about purchases.
—Gina Cavallo, Curator & Director of Development
A Book for Girls: The Story Behind the Classic
By Olivia Widmer
Louisa May Alcott, born in 1832, was an American novelist, as well as an avid feminist and abolitionist. She published over 30 books and collections as well as short stories and articles for newspapers and magazines. Little Women, her most famed work, was written in two parts: the first part being published in 1868 when she was 35 years old.
Until that point, Louisa had been modestly recognized as an author but had no intention of writing a book for children. However, when her father, Bronson Alcott, approached the publisher, Thomas Niles, with a request to publish some of his writing, Thomas agreed on the condition that Bronson’s text would be accompanied by a “book for girls” written by Louisa. Swayed by familial and financial duty, Louisa wrote the first part of Little Women in just three months.
Louisa is famously quoted as saying that she didn’t care much for girls and never knew any besides her sisters. Once she agreed to take on this project, however, Lousia’s writing style set her apart from the literary norms of her day. Her “little women,” inspired by her sisters, directly opposed tropes exalting feminine perfection. Radically, her feminine characters were based in reality. This quality acted as a foil to much of the work written—especially for children—at the time. As a result, the novel became an overnight success. Part one sold out of its first print of 2,000 copies in a few days. It was subsequently followed by 150 years of translations, adaptations, and continued printing.
Louisa's talented storytelling immortalized her sisters as beloved fictional characters that have charmed over a century of readers and audiences.
The character of Meg was based on Louisa’s older sister Anna. As a young woman, Anna loved dramatic performance and met her husband, John Pratt, when they were both members of the Concord Dramatic Union. A devoted wife and mother, Anna also remained close to her sisters all her life.
The character of Beth was modeled after Elizabeth, Louisa’s younger sister who died tragically early, partly due to her health being weakened by a serious case of scarlet fever. Beth’s death (occurring 10 years before Little Women was first published) had a profound impact on Louisa.
The character of Amy was inspired by the youngest in the family, Abigail May (who asked her family to call her May). May was a talented artist and was able to travel to Europe to pursue her artistic career—financed in part by her sister’s earnings from Little Women.
Lauren Gunderson’s stage adaptation, Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, aptly points us to the unique qualities that mark Louisa as a writer; a story that centers humanized female characters and the real-life contributions from her sisters that bring the story to life. While Gunderson is authoring this adaptation, she is still conscious of a duty to honor the authorship of the story being retold. In light of this, she purposely pays tribute to Louisa’s own words; much of the text and narration in this adaptation is lifted straight from the original text of Little Women. In this play, the character of Louisa May Alcott herself is artfully included as the story’s narrator, and she bookends the plot we are so familiar with. Gunderson also captures the contributions of Louisa’s inspirations by writing the sisters’ dialogue in rapid succession and with constant interruptions. All this blends to bring a literary classic to life onstage and to celebrate the act of creative storytelling.
Gunderson’s delightful adaptation incites the personal question: what are the values by which we will write and remember our own story? And the communal question: are we paying attention to the stories around us?
Up Next at Taproot
FANNIE: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer
By Cheryl L. West
From humble beginnings in rural Mississippi to the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement, Fannie Lou Hamer became one of America’s most influential leaders. Through determination, faith, and a powerful voice, she fought fearlessly for voting rights in America. Her inspiring story comes to life on stage with soulful gospel music, compelling storytelling, and extraordinary historical moments.
January 20–February 20, 2027
50 years of Holiday Joy!
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Your generosity will ensure future generations can experience the same sense of wonder, belonging, and inspiration that has defined Taproot for 50 years.
Winter Acting Classes & Midwinter Break Camps
For grades K–12
This winter, Taproot is offering four weekly classes and two midwinter break camps. With options for grades K–12, there's the perfect class or camp for any student looking to explore creativity, develop storytelling skills, and meet new friends!
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