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 benefactors identityso she invents one for him: Daddy Long Legs. Although she knows he will never respond to her letters, she grows more and more fond of this elusive and kindly old gentleman. But soon another relationship begins to develop in Jerushas life. Jervis Pendleton is the well-do-do youngish uncle of one of Jerushas roommates who introduces her to a world of literature, travel and adventure. Through her correspondence with Daddy Long Legs and her growing intimacy with Jervis, Jerushas letters chronicle her emergence as a delightfully independent New American Woman. Yet there is one startling fact that Jerusha has yet to uncovera fact that will change her life forever.

Daddy Long Legs was first produced by the Rubicon Theatre Company and has since gone on to have productions all over the world including London, Tokyo, Canada and Korea.