Music and lyrics by Paul Gordon
Book by John Caird
German by Marie-Luise Schottleitner and Martin Fischerauer
After the novel by Jean Webster

Two people. Between them a thread of letters, experiences and unspoken wishes. Daddy Long Legs, the touching two-person musical by John Caird and Paul Gordon, tells the story of young Jerusha Abbott, an orphan girl who finds herself through the letters to her anonymous sponsor - to her voice, to courage, to love.

In an acoustically intimate cast of piano, guitar and cello, singing and music interweave to create a story of writing as self-empowerment, of the power to reinvent oneself and ultimately of a strong young woman. A piece about what connects - and leads to the self.

Team:

Director/Production Management: Kathi Laukemper, Sönke Westrup
Jerusha: Sophia Winona Ackermann
Jervis: Sönke Westrup
Piano: Caspar Engelkes
Cello: Felix Albert
Guitar: Niklas Schindler

Lighting/Sound: Annie Seelig
Costume: Sarah Grace Poehlmann
Public Relations/Design: Iman Jasmin El-Rifai

Further information and rehearsal insights at: www.closeup-kammermusical.de or on Instagram at: closeup_kammermusicalmuenster

The transfer of the performance rights is carried out in agreement with MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (www.mtishows.eu) by MUSIK UND BÜHNE Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Wiesbaden.

Production funding by: Cultural Office Münster, Cultural Foundation of the Westfälische Provinzial Versicherung, Landesmusikrat NRW e.V.

Eligibility