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DADDY LONG LEGS runs July 24-27, 2025 in the Mark Wilson Studio Theatre in Xavier Hall on the campus of Saint Louis University. Produced and directed by Sara Rae Womack with music direction by Landon Schnurbusch with assistant direction by Michelle Sauer.

Starring Lindsey Grojean as JERUSHA ABBOTT and Aaron Fischer as JERVIS PENDLETON.

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.

Music and lyrics by Paul Gordon. Book by John Caird. Based on the novel by Jean Webster. 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