Eliza performed in a remount production of Roseneath Theatre's The Money Tree at Guild Festival Theatre, as part of their 2024 Family Festival in July.
Eliza co-directed The Purple Stage's 2024 production of MIND THE UMBRELLAS! performed as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival, with support from Toronto Arts Council, R.A.R.E. Theatre Company and Modern Times Stage Company. The Purple Stage is a professional theatre company for Purple Carrots Drama Studio alumni with varying and complex disabilities. MIND THE UMBRELLAS! was Eliza's fourth project with The Purple Stage.
In May Eliza joined the Tarragon Theatre's inaugural Sally Stavro Family Series for Jump Into Drama — an energy-boosting introduction to drama and imaginative play for the whole family!
Eliza had the pleasure of joining the Toronto Writers' Centre on March 3rd as a part of their Salon Series. Alongside three other artists, she shared some of her newest writing, and work-in-progress.
Eliza was thrilled to co-direct The Purple Stage's 2023 production: I DON’T MIND THE GAP.
From the creators of last year’s ALLIGATOR QUEEN UMBRELLA comes a new physical theatre show: The Purple Stage company explores growing up, achieving your dreams, questioning your fantasies, and all the stops in-between. You’ll meet some charming new characters and you’ll see umbrellas in ways you’ve never seen them before. We’ll take you to New York City and back again, just mind the gap.
Keep your eyes open for the Purple Stage at the 2024 Toronto Fringe Festival. Further details to be announced shortly.
From the creators of last year’s ALLIGATOR QUEEN UMBRELLA comes a new physical theatre show: The Purple Stage company explores growing up, achieving your dreams, questioning your fantasies, and all the stops in-between. You’ll meet some charming new characters and you’ll see umbrellas in ways you’ve never seen them before. We’ll take you to New York City and back again, just mind the gap.
Keep your eyes open for the Purple Stage at the 2024 Toronto Fringe Festival. Further details to be announced shortly.
Eliza most recently closed The Money Tree with Roseneath Theatre. She was thrilled to have joined the cast on this remount tour of the Dora-nominated production, directed by Andrew Lamb.
Dave N. Morgado (2023)
Eliza recently starred in Seven to Forty Cinema's Otium, an independent feature film with support from the Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Arts Council. The film was shot through the summer of 2023, and is now in post-production.
Eliza played the role of Mercy Bridgewood in a staged reading of Witch, a new play by Alexandra Lean, directed by Victoria Urquhart. The reading was performed in June 2023 as part of Space Space Revolution's The One Night Only Festival at the Attic Studio and Theatre.
Eliza was thrilled to be the recipient of a 2023 Recommender Grant for Theatre Creators from the Ontario Arts Council, recommended by Young People's Theatre, for the further development of her play Harvey & The Extraordinary.
As her last project of 2022, Eliza co-directed the newest production from The Purple Stage, ALLIGATOR QUEEN UMBRELLA, alongside Artistic Director Jordan Campbell.
An empty cup is a piece of sequin fabric with a pair of glasses is a musical instrument and a motorcycle is a love story. Alligator! Queen! Umbrella! Seemingly simple, yet deeply fantastical. A quirky multidisciplinary journey of song, dance and scene inspired by the creative company. Join 5 neurodiverse artists from The Purple Carrots community as they transform small objects into poignant and unexpected moments on The Purple Stage.
An empty cup is a piece of sequin fabric with a pair of glasses is a musical instrument and a motorcycle is a love story. Alligator! Queen! Umbrella! Seemingly simple, yet deeply fantastical. A quirky multidisciplinary journey of song, dance and scene inspired by the creative company. Join 5 neurodiverse artists from The Purple Carrots community as they transform small objects into poignant and unexpected moments on The Purple Stage.
On November 12th, readers young and old joined Eliza at Moonbeam Books to celebrate the one year publication anniversary of Harvey and the Extraordinary!
Eliza is currently working in the music and arts department of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, as an Artist in the Spiral Garden and Integrated Education Therapy program. Read more about Eliza's work in therapeutic arts here.
Eliza was thrilled to announce that the Czech language edition of Harvey and the Extraordinary, Hubert a Kromobyčejná Miri, was released in December 2022!
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Eliza assistant directed The Purple Stage's art documentary film ARE YOU MY FRIEND? which was included in PIFF 2022. The film was created in isolation in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the support of the Toronto Arts Council, and in partnership with Purple Carrots Drama Studio. Read more about The Purple Stage here.
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Eliza performed her workshop series Extraordinary Lessons, as part of Guild Festival Theatre's 2022 Family Fest. Stay tuned for upcoming Extraordinary Lessons.
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Eliza had the privilege of working on Bad Hats Theatre's Bad Shorts series as the writer of A Great Silence. The short film premiered as a part of Bad Hats Theatre's March Break Digital Festival, and can currently be viewed the Stratford Festival's streaming service: STRATFEST@HOME Kid's Corner. You can read more about the short here.
Eliza returned to the Stageworthy Podcast for a Stageworthy Live conversation with host Phil Rickaby, discussing the journey of Harvey and the Extraordinary from the stage to the page. Check out the interview on Eliza's media page here.
Eliza's debut children's novel Harvey and the Extraordinary was published by Annick Press, and hit bookshelves in November 2021. Visit Eliza's writing page for further details.
Eliza closed a run as Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, with Shakespeare BASH'd as part of their 2019/2020 Season. After months of rehearsal with a fantastic ensemble, Midsummer was met with a sold-out run and rave reviews. You can still check out Eliza's cast interview on her media page.
Eliza developed her solo show BLOOM as the 2019 Creator in Residence for New Bad Ideas - Bad Hat Theatre's new development stream. BLOOM was workshopped with the support of Theatre Direct, in August 2019. You can read more about BLOOM here, and New Bad Ideas here.
Eliza's solo show O was an official selection of the 2018 United Solo Festival in New York City, and was performed in the heart of the NYC theatre district on 42 Street. O earned a five star review and Critics' Choice from All About Solo, as well as a United Solo Award for Best Satire.