McNeela stars in Heritage Theatre Festival performance

Catherine McNeela starred in Master Class at the Heritage Theatre Festival.
Catherine McNeela, a professor of performing arts and head of music theater at Elon, starred July 7-12 in the play “Master Class” at the Heritage Theatre Festival in Charlottesville, Va.

Described as an imagined day-in-the-life of opera diva Maria Callas, Master Class follows Callas “from her early awkward years to her glorioustriumphs on the world’s greatest stages and then go behind the curtainto hear about her storied romantic life, including her relationshipwith billionaire Aristotle Onassis.”

“Catherine’s performance was stunning in this incredibly complex and challenging role,” said Steven House, dean of Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences. “We can all be proud of Elon’s very own diva.”