The Crucible’s Director’s Notes: An Interview with Mrs. Kathy d'Alelio

The Crucible’s Director’s Notes: An Interview with Mrs. Kathy d'Alelio

By Emma Ladowicz ’26

Actress, Director, and Teacher Mrs. d’Alelio has enabled the PVI community to experience incredible productions year after year. Following this year ’ s play, The Crucible, I embraced the opportunity to sit down and speak with her about her most recent production

What was your favorite scene in the show?

That’s really hard. I think the courtroom scene because of the range of things that went on. We start out quiet, then some things happen, and it ends with ten girls screaming their guts out!

What surprised you the most during auditions/rehearsals

What surprised me -- in a good way -- was how good some of the peopl I knew that the people I cast were good, but some exceeded my expectat Some took stuff and made it their own. It was great.

What was the hardest scene, in your opinion, to fully deve

The hardest one would have to be the last scene. The relationships - hav and Mateo come to that really loving “I’ll never see you again” part that audience feel what they were going through. Having the noose hang at get that reaction was also great.

What is your favorite PVI show you have ever directed?

I cannot answer that because every one of them is unique in its own wa There were hassles, but right now, I would say that this one is one of the

What is the hardest part of being a director? What is the e

There are two - one of them is not being able to cast everyone in the play they don’t get in at all. It’s also hard because I demand hard work from don’t feel the need to do that. The easiest part - the most joyful part - is s I saw it coming together - my vision, if you will. There is nothing really joyful moments -- like when an actor makes a breakthrough.

As an actor yourself, what advice would you give to aspiri

If you want to do this, you must love it. If you want to go into the busine tenacious and understand that you will get rejected -- probably more so keep working. You start out small and have to build up to a lead. Hard applies to high school students as well. I look for people who will work h