The Little Theatre of Alexandria

Meet Michelle Fletcher, playing Inspector Goring in LTA's The Game's Afoot! What do you find appealing about your character and this show? She is a misfit and yet takes her job seriously - a credit to His Majesty's Police Force and Middlesex County Police Department is lucky to have her. What have you learned about yourself in playing this role? I enjoy a challenge! What do you want the audience to experience from this show? The fun and wackiness of a great Ken Ludwig farce and the dedication of the cast and crew in bringing it alive for their entertainment and enjoyment. How does this show differ from other shows you have worked on? It doesn't really. How long have you been acting and what made you get involved with theatre? I was involved in theatre in Brussels for about ten years. I love the whole team process and the talents I get to meet and the opportunity of contributing something to that. What advice would you give to others who want to work in ...

As a director, I always believe it's a good sign that I find myself laughing out loud when I first read a play.  I have directed farces before, and I have played roles in quite a few murder mysteries, however, I've never before dealt with a show that combines both; The Game's Afoot offered me that pleasure.  It's a fun piece of whodunit nonsense, managing to be both a loving embrace of the Agatha Christie formula of murder mystery combined with the farcical escapades for which Ken Ludwig is famous. What do you hope the audience takes away from this show? I hope that The Game's Afoot provokes the same laughs for the audience, along with some serious frights and gasps that it provided to me when I first read the play. How did you get involved with theatre and LTA? I have personally been involved with theatre since I was in first grade when I played a blade of grass in the spring pageant at St. Mary Gate of Heaven Catholic School in Queens, NY.  What is it they s...

Meet cast member Patricia Spencer Smith, playing Martha Gillette in LTA's The Game's Afoot! What do you find appealing about your character and this show? Well, I am a crazy old lady from Connecticut playing a crazy old lady from Connecticut.  So, there is that! What have you learned about yourself in playing the role of Martha? Like Martha, I have many different faces depending on circumstances.  Sweet old lady?  Sometimes.  Demanding mother?  Sometimes.  Crazy as a bedbug?  Sometimes. What do you want the audience to take away from this show? I want them to have so much fun that they forget all their cares for at least one evening.  I want them to be swept away by the story, the characters, and the place. How does this show differ from other shows you have worked on? I have done several of Ken Ludwig's farces, and several Agatha Christie mysteries, but not both at the same time.  Such fun!  Also, the tech support at LTA is ...

Meet Melissa Dunlap playing Daria Chase in LTA's The Game's AFoot! What do you find appealing about your character and this show? Daria is smart, witty, and gets to say what she wants because others are afraid of her.  The Game's Afoot is a wonderful combination of mystery and farce.  On the one hand the audience is trying to figure out who did what when, while at the same time laughing at the crazy on-stage antics. What have you learned about yourself in playing this role? Usually I am cast as the heroine, so it is a change of pace to play someone less heroic.  I think I've learned that even though I'm small, I can be powerful. What do you want the audience to take away from this show? I hope audiences leave having laughed well and with a smile on their faces. How long have you been acting and how did you get involved with LTA? I got started in community theater over 20 years ago, took a 17 year break (aka had kids) and returned to the stage just 4 year...

Meet Chuck Leonard, playing Felix Geisel, in LTA's The Game's Afoot! What do you find appealing about your character and this show? Character parts are my favorites and this show provides a physical and emotional playground on which to play.  Felix is Gillette's best friend and the second banana.  He loves life as an actor and I get to play his exuberance and occasionally be a ham. What have you learned about yourself in playing the role of Felix? Like Felix, I treasure moments in which I am NOT the person responsible and can just flex my creativity and sense of fun.  I am also a sucker for witty banter. What do you want the audience to take away from this show? I want howls from the audience.  I want them to be laughing while talking after the show about how they didn't see that coming. How does this show differ from other shows you have worked on? I have done plays by Ken Ludwig before and I delight in his farce.  The main difference is the communi...

Tell us about your character. What do you find appealing about your character and this show?   I play Riff Raff, the eccentric and unhinged assistant to the mad scientist Dr. Frank N. Furter. In the original stage production as well as the movie he was played by the show's creator, Richard O’Brien, and is best known for singing "The Time Warp." With that in mind, I hope to both play homage to that original interpretation and also add a great deal of my own flare to it. The role of Riff Raff, like all the roles in this show, are so iconic, that our main goal has been to find that balance between the film's portrayals and our own staging and style…with an emphasis on the latter. I think with my interpretation of Riff Raff, audiences will still get to see the odd, slow-speaking, borderline-sadistic alien they know and love, but (hopefully) they will also get to enjoy the new level of crazy I'm trying to bring to him. Playing such an iconic character and adding you...

Tell us a little bit about your character. The Narrator provides orientation and context during the show, and provides commentary as the situation devolves.   And he has his own secrets as well...   What have you learned about yourself in playing this role in The Rocky Horror Show? First and most importantly, I found that I belong in musicals only in non-singing roles.   Watching the way our cast picked up songs and dances, going from a dead stop to full out, professional execution in a matter of minutes, was astonishing.   Also, my monologues are generally short and with the guidance of director Kristopher Kauff I’ve come to more fully appreciate that delivery is as important as text in creating a picture and mood for the audience.   What do you want the audience to take away from this show? I hope that the audience gets caught up in the fun of parodying B-movie science fiction clichés; that they lose themselves in the absurdity of the show and, ...

Tell us about your character.  What do you find appealing about your character and this show? I play Magenta.  She is an alien and one of Frank's servants.  She is a character I have always wanted to play because I like complicated people.  Part of the enjoyment and allure of acting to me is the creative process and the work that goes into developing a character.  I never want to play a role that is one dimensional and boring.  I had ideas as to what I wanted Magenta to be before I even got cast, but she has become so much more.  When you do a show like Rocky Horror, it's really easy to just create a love letter to the movie and to bring the audience the same thing they already know and love, but why be in the arts if you are only copying what someone else has done before you?  I feel it's my job as an actor to always create something new and bring something fresh to the table, and that's why I feel so lucky to be a part of this production. Wha...