Erin Williams’ directing dream
It is a huge task and honor to direct a play as your senior capstone, and for senior theatre and English major Erin Williams, it has been a long and rewarding project.
“I found out that I would be directing in March and which play I was doing over the summer,” Williams said.
She started the audition process back on Nov. 29 and has been going at it ever since.
Senior English and theatre double major Erin Williams is pursuing her dream of directing through directing “Wonder of the World” and applying to graduate programs around the country.
“We had five rehearsals before the Christmas break, and we’ve had three weeks since then to get everything done,” Williams said.
Even though this may seem like a lot of work in a short period, she said that she could not imagine herself doing anything else.
“I did theater all through high school, and once I got to college I thought that I would be done with it,” Williams said. “All my favorite teachers in high school were in English, but theater has just been something that has stuck with me the whole time.”
People that know and have worked closely with Williams have nothing but the utmost respect for her.
“Its super fun to watch her art unfold in front of us,” said senior theatre major Carson Butterworth. “I’ve known her for a while, and she is an artist through and through.”
Although something like a senior capstone is a serious project to accomplish, everyone can still enjoy it.
“It’s not so serious that we can’t have fun doing it, especially with a director like Erin,” Butterworth said.
Williams is currently applying to graduate schools and plans on getting her Master of Fine Arts in directing.
“I want to continue to cultivate my art of directing,” Williams said. “I don’t want to settle for mediocrity. I know what to do in order to be the best at what I am doing.”
People around her believe that she will go on to be successful in directing too.
“She can multitask so well and is so capable as well as an actor, stage manager, and pretty much everything to do with the theater,” Butterworth said.
Butterworth also found it to be an honor to be chosen as Williams’ stage manager for this show.
“It was like a gift for her to ask me to do this,” Butterworth said.
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