Book, Music, & Lyrics by Charlotte Daniels & Maureen Clare
WHITE HOUSE PRINCESS
A New Musical about Alice Roosevelt Longworth
ABOUT
White House Princess is a two-act musical about Theodore Roosevelt’s unruly, chaotic daughter Alice and her beloved cousin Eleanor. One of America’s first celebrities, Alice was on every newspaper, bringing daggers to White House events, smoking on the roof of the oval office, and marrying the dangerous playboy of politics, Nick Longworth. While Eleanor deals with the consequences of a secret affair with a woman (yes, it’s all based on history!), Alice's flashy husband sides with a political rival. Both cousins have to risk their social and political position to have what Victorian women fear most: happiness.
Show History
October 2023 — Production in Boston
White House Princess was produced Oct. 26-29 at the Agassiz Theater in Cambridge, MA. There were five 350-seat, sold-out performances, and a special talk back with President Emerita Drew Faust, supported by the Harvard Office for the Arts. A selection of archival materials from Harvard’s Houghton Library Roosevelt Collection were on display at a special curated exhibit for the show.
Press
The Boston Globe: Harvard students’ play recalls spirited, sometimes unruly, life of Alice Roosevelt Longworth
The Harvard Crimson:‘White House Princess’ Preview: Theodore Roosevelt’s Wild Child
The Harvard Gazette:'White House Princess' remembers style-setter, rule-breaker Alice Roosevelt
March 2026 — Workshop in NYC
White House Princess had a 29 hour workshop with a reading and reception presented at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Sight in NYC. The reading featured a cast of theater favorites, including Jane Bruce (Jagged Little Pill), Claire Kwon (Maybe Happy Ending), David Burtka (It Shoulda Been You), Kate Jennings Grant (Proof, Guys & Dolls), Brooke Simpson (The Voice), Rodd Cyrus (Ragtime), and J. Antonio Rodriguez (Hadestown). The reading was presented in collaboration with the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library and the National Park Service, and supported by the Phyllis Anderson Memorial Play Fund. Ellie Heyman directed, and Jonathan Bauerfeld served as Music Director, with Mix and Match Productions as General Manager and Executive Producer.
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