Alicia Dempster, Neighbor

Alicia Dempster is a lifelong theatre enthusiast with over 30 years of experience onstage, backstage and in the director's chair. She has helmed several productions in the area including Spring Awakening, Parade, Circle Mirror Transformation, My First Time, Doubt, Little Shop of Horrors, Little Women, Peter Pan, The Diviners, When Pigs Fly, A Few Good Men and How I Learned To Drive. She also co-directed and co-produced Chad Beckim's play, A Matter of Choice, at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2010. She is the author of the play A Gift of Undetermined Value, which explores the bio-ethical issues surrounding organ donation by prison inmates. In addition, Alicia has produced several productions locally including the Connecticut concert premiere of Joe Iconis and Susan Blackwell's Die, Vampire, Die! Writing seminar, both at TBTA. She received her B.A. in Theatre/Musical Theatre from Ohio Northern University and is a member of the Dramatists Guild. Alicia is a critic and contributing columnist with the OnStage Critics Circle and she also manages a blog at www.chroniclesofcontrolledchaos.com. She resides in Danbury with her husband Bill and their three children, Sabine, Isabelle and Delaney. Visit her website, www.aliciadempster.com