Stathoplos
lisa
Stathoplos
writer ✧ actor ✧ behavior specialist ✧ educator
Lisa Stathoplos is a writer, actor, voice artist and special education teacher/behavior specialist. She has been acting on stage, in film and video for forty years and teaching for twenty.
Lisa moved north from her beloved theatrical home, Portland, Maine, and now lives in the midcoast with Michael and a motley collection of adopted furry creatures.
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"An impressive and heartfelt collection of memories."
"The memoir includes many difficult passages, such as accounts of her family’s reaction to her divorce, of a student’s overdose, and of her son’s extreme episodes of depression. However, Stathoplos consistently leavens her story with humor. The author’s openhearted embrace of challenges and clear eye for specific detail consistently shine through."
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"With this lively memoir, actor and educator Stathoplos illuminates the challenges and triumphs of a career working with emotionally and behaviorally disabled young people. While gigging as a thespian and voice performer, Stathoplos earns a graduate degree and teaching certification, later running a special education program at a local public high school, where she administers individualized education plans for neurodivergent or otherwise troubled students...
Stathoplos’s strong voice and sense of humor make Chimera an engaging read. The narration displays both the raw, intimate honesty of a diary entry and the expressiveness of a one-woman theatre piece….the author’s unfiltered thoughts and emotions come through clearly at every moment."
(Editors pick) BookLife/Publishers Weekly Review
"Debut author and professional actor and teacher Stathoplos’ boisterous, energetic memoir offers revealing snapshots of her journey towards self-realization. Covering her early days as an awkward child with scoliosis and a penchant for activism to her career on the stage, Stathoplos combines humor and heartache ...
with rich details of growing up along Maine’s coast in the 1970s.
These vignettes offer flashes of insight into both single moments and extended eras of Stathoplos’ life, blending her exuberant commentary with finely etched detail. Though fragmented, the casual, rollicking cascade of stories has the feel of a chatty friend telling stories over drinks.
Stathoplos’ memoir doubles as a love letter to theater.
Similarly inspiring is Stathoplos’ dogged journey towards self-acceptance, both physical and mental, the book’s true heart. Readers will find the perspective Stathoplos offers on her life both on and off the stage honest, refreshing and often endearing."
BookLife/Publishers Weekly Review