Spotlight on Kathleen Del Casale

“I am very excited to be directing “Death of a Salesman” at Limelight Theatre in March. I’ve been involved in theatre for as long as I can remember. As a child if I wasn’t playing imaginary games with my siblings, I was most certainly telling them how to put on some sort of show. As the eldest child of a big family, directing is in my blood. I enjoyed performing from the first moment I stepped on stage. As much as standing in front of a crowd scared me, the feeling of elation overtook me and from that moment I was hooked.”
“I was involved in many productions during school, “Finding Miss Scarlet”, “Hamlet”, “Oliver – the musical” to name a few. I joined an after-school drama class with Snapshot Youth Theatre in 2011 and was involved in One-Act Festivals and “Singing in the Rain”. I also co-directed “Stuart Little” and wrote a couple of short plays: “Heartbeat” and “The Date from Hell”, which was performed in the Youth Festival of 2012. In 2012/13 I went on an International Drama Tour to the UK, performing Jenny Davis’ play “River Dreaming”. Following this I was invited to write the play for the follow-on tour in 2015/16. I wrote “A Land of Legends”, co-directed the production and assisted with the youth theatre tour, stage managing and directing, it was a great experience.”
“In 2014 I began my Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in theatre at the University Of Notre Dame. Through this degree I got to perform and study all my favourite texts. I got the part of Silvius in my second -year performance of “As You Like It” by Shakespeare, and was involved as Props Director for a production of Macbeth and Stage Manager for a devised piece. I was lucky enough to receive a scholarship for a Theatre and English Tour to the UK in 2016. I will be continuing my study this coming year (2018), taking on Honours in Theatre, which will begin as “Death of a Salesman” begins its season. My project for this degree is research with the goal of writing and producing a play.”
“I have only been involved in musical productions at the Limelight Theatre since 2012 and have enjoyed every one of them. I shared the role of Penny in “Hairspray”, and also performed in “Anything Goes”, “Sweet Charity”, “Greenwicks” and “The Wedding Singer”. But this year I am taking on a drama to direct. I joined the theatre committee in March and have enjoyed getting involved in the behind-the-scenes work of the theatre. I am looking forward to taking on the challenge of such a wonderful script as Arthur Miller’s classic. I have a wonderful team behind me and am ever so grateful. I hope you enjoy the show and the combined effort of so many people.”