Joan Leotta – Teaching about and performing as Louisa May Alcott with the North Dakota Humanities Department in a two-class session of two hours per class.
Class descriptions
The first class on March 21 (2-4 EST) will review Alcott’s various writings leading up to (and after) Little Women.
In the second class, on March 28 (2-4 EST) Ms. Leotta will bring Alcott to life giving a “book talk” to her audience, talking about her creative process, and then open the session to questions. After participants have watched the Alcott presentation, Ms Leotta will also entertain questions about how to present a costumed character on stage, research, costuming, immersing in general history, and more.
Cost and registration
The cost for both sessions–$25. (Note: The wording on the Humanities website makes it appear that you are only paying for March 21, but in reality, the fee is for the class, that is, both sessions—and yes, Ms. Leotta has protested the wording).
Click here to register for the classes.
Instructor bio:
Joan Leotta is an award-winning writer and story performer, and author of eleven books (historical fiction series, four children’s books, a collection of short stories, and two books of poetry). Her writings and performances are often food or history-inspired. She has written for magazines, newspapers, and books. Her latest book is Feathers on Stone. She is a two-time Pushcart nominee, twice a Best of the Net Nominee, and was a 2022 Runner-up in the Robert Frost Foundation contest.
In addition to folklore presentations, her costumed character performances of Colonial and Civil-War era women (Belle Boyd’s Aunt, a Civil War Nurse, and of the original owner of Ellanor C Lawrence Park, Fairfax County, VA) have taken her to audiences up and down the East Coast.
A lifelong fan of Louisa May Alcott, Joan Leotta decided to take up the challenge of presenting her to modern audiences when she realized how few people knew about Alcott’s work as a Civil War nurse and how that experience helped shape her writing and changed the trajectory of her work as a writer.
Visit Ms. Leotta’s Facebook page or email her at joanleotta@gmail.com.
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