I'm excited to share an exciting and deeply personal project that I’m thrilled to be both directing and producing: Daddy Long Legs, the beautiful and inspiring musical based on Jean Webster’s classic novel.
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This production marks a significant milestone in my professional development as a director and producer. As a first-time producer and an early-career director, this is a unique opportunity for me to learn the ropes of theater production firsthand—understanding what works, what doesn’t, and how I can grow in this field. While I’m not starting a theater company just yet, this project is an essential step toward that future goal. It’s my chance to gain the experience needed to one day open my own company, with a better understanding of what it takes to bring a show to life.
DADDY LONG LEGS
Music and Lyrics by Paul Gordon
Book by John Caird
Based on the novel by Jean Webster
Jerusha Abbott is the “Oldest Orphan in the John Grier Home” until a mysterious benefactor decides to send her to college to be educated as a writer. Required to write him a letter once a month, she is never to know the benefactor’s identity – so she invents one for him. Through her correspondence with “Daddy Long Legs” and her growing intimacy with her wealthy roommate’s young uncle Jervis Pendleton, Jerusha’s letters chronicle her emergence as a delightfully independent “New American Woman.” Yet, there is one startling fact that Jerusha has yet to uncover – a fact that will change her life forever.
Starring Lindsey Grojean as Jerusha Abbott and Aaron Fischer as Jervis Pendleton. Produced and directed by Sara Rae Womack with music direction by Landon Schnurbusch and assistant direction by Michelle Sauer.
Performances are July 24-27, 2025 in the Mark Wilson Studio Theatre in Xavier Hall on the campus of Saint Louis University (3733 West Pine Mall, St. Louis 63108). Parking is available at the Queen's Daughters Hall lot at 3730 Lindell Blvd.
DADDY LONG LEGS Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
