The Little Theatre of Alexandria

Tell us a little about yourself:  A Nova native, I began directing at LTA in the fall of 1989, and since then I have directed over seventy shows, twenty-seven here at LTA.   I have served also as LTA’s president and on its board for many years, taught in its education department, lead Shakespeare discovery trips to England, and rustled up the occasional double-tech dinner and an opening-night party or two.  How does this show differ from other shows you have worked on?  Directing a monodrama (one-person show) forced me to focus more intently on the actor’s process than directing the standard multi-character play or musical.  Usually, an actor memorizes anywhere from five to fifty percent of the lines in a show.  Karen Shotts, the actress who plays Emily Dickinson, had to memorize all the lines!  In this case, an almost eighty-page monologue.  Memorization took longer because there is no dialogue, no natural give-and-take between actors.  Additionally, there is no time when th