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
White House Princess was produced Oct. 26-29 at the Agassiz Theater in Cambridge, MA. There were five sold-out performances, and a special talk balk 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. Daniels & Clare won the Phyllis Anderson Prize at Harvard, receiving a generous grant to continue editing the show, in preparation for a 29 hour workshop in New York City.
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
There will be a 29 hour workshop with a reading presented at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Sight in NYC.
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