attic. Jo (Shelby Lynn Bias) is independent, a voracious reader and
   aspiring writer. Oldest sister Meg (Stephanie Fongheiser) is Jo’s
   near-opposite, content to marry and become a housewife. Third-oldest
   Beth (Jamie Herb) resembles a Dickensian heroine—subdued, angelic,
   trying to please everyone—too good for this world. The youngest sister,
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   inflatable red balloons to symbolize her art, releasing every work she
   deems not a masterpiece to be sent squealing and twisting through the
   air. In the most brilliant scene in the production, new housewife Meg
   loses her mind while attempting to make currant jam, with lightweight
   juggling scarves representing how many things she has “up in the air.”