By Charlotte Duffield, ‘24 staff writer

The director of a student play that is coming soon to LVC shares the work behind the role.

Julia Wecker, a senior social justice and English major, has recently taken up the role of the director for the school’s take on the play, The Crucible. Wecker explains how she had suggested the play to the season selection committee, and it got nominated to be held this year. She then put her name forward to direct the show and got selected by Wig and Buckle, the theatre company at LVC,  for the role.

“I was excited to direct The Crucible in particular because it has a lot of social justice themes, and that’s something I’m very passionate about,” Wecker said.

Wecker explained how she loves art and theater’s ability to include social commentary and examine social and political issues, and she was delighted to direct The Crucible in particular. This is her first time directing a play, and she mentioned how it has been a learning curve.

“There’s so much more that goes into directing than I initially thought about,” Wecker added.

This varies from the overall vision and design down to organizational issues such as finding rehearsal times to suit the cast. This experience has taught her that there are many ways to run rehearsals and about finding your own style to direct.