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Orchard House marks 100th year with ‘Little Women Spring’

Alcott home museum marks its 100th year with a season of events tied to beloved novel

By Nancy Shohet West

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  March 08, 2012

Orchard House, the Concord home where Louisa May Alcott wrote her famous novel Little Women, is celebrating 100 years as a museum, and keepers of the Alcott legacy have organized a “Little Women Spring.’’ The schedule of events features the eighth special presentation of Little Women by The Concord Players, who have been offering a locally written version of the story every 10 years since 1932, with the exception of 1942 due to World War II. But the play is hardly the only event happening this centennial year.

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