Directing Tuck Everlasting

Make it Sparkle Video with Maria McConville
Actor, Director & Playwright

(5:50) runtime

Director’s Notes

In this segment, Maria discusses

• The importance of remembering the book when bringing a story to life. 

• Tuck Everlasting makes you ponder what you do with your time, and the gift of life and relationships. When working with students, it provides a great opportunity to ask them those same questions. 

• For young directors, it helps to stick to what is on the page - once you've done that, you can become more creative and make bolder choices. 

About Maria McConville

Maria McConville is an actor, teaching artist, and playwright. Now a resident of Connecticut, she was a NYC Public School teaching artist since 2005. She has worked with the Theatre Development Fund, LeAP! Onstage, Periwinkle Theater for Youth, and a Shakespeare and Playwriting teaching artist with Theatre For A New Audience. Maria has worked with 2nd grade through 12th grade, though, she has a special place in her heart for 6th-8th graders. Her students have performed and adapted the work of Shakespeare, written their own plays, devised ensemble performance pieces, sang and danced in musical productions, and performed their peers work on a Broadway stage. Growing up in New York, Maria attended LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts for Drama, and recently adjudicated the auditions for incoming students. Maria has performed with/at NYTW, EST, CSC, Woodshed Collective, SoHo Rep, HERE Arts Center, undergroundzerofestival, The Kirk @Theater Row, Fordham Alumni Company, 78th Street Theater Lab, aMios, BAX, and Shakespeare in the Park-ing Lot. Her published plays include To Date or Not to Date (Playscripts), #VIRAL and #Censored (Stage Partners).