Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø junior directs at Moline theatre

Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø junior Jacqueline Isaacson became the first student director at Moline¡¯s Black Box Theatre this summer with the positively reviewed ¡°Murder in Green Meadows.¡±

Isaacson, a theater major from the Rockford area, is studying musical theater and women¡¯s and gender and studies.

Shelley Cooper, an Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø assistant professor of theatre, recommended that Isaacson get in touch with Black Box co-owner Lora Adams. Isaacson had just done costumes for the two-person play ¡°I and You¡± at Black Box in July, and was stage manager for the 34-person musical ¡°Newsies¡± at Countryside Community Theatre this summe

Isaacson said she loved this educational experience, outside of college and outside of being on stage. Her Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø acting credits include ¡°Pirates of Penzance,¡± ¡°She Kills Monsters,¡± and ¡°The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time,¡± and she¡¯s done acting in the Chicago area.

¡°I love performing, but at the end of the day, somebody has to do the lights; somebody has to do the set,¡± she said. ¡°It doesn¡¯t just happen. I¡¯ve always been somebody who loves hard work. I love to be motivated. I chose Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø because it was an academically difficult school. Acting is difficult in a lot of ways, but this is difficult ¨C in a lot of work you wouldn¡¯t think is theater-related.¡±

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