Due to COVID-19 Eliza's Puppetry eXploratory Laboratory project with Puppetmongers Theatre is paused. She is grateful and thrilled that a very exciting and soon to be announced book project has been able to continue during this time. Eliza looks forward to returning to teaching this fall as well as beginning her graduate studies. Find more information on Eliza's pen and paper ventures here, her work in arts education here, and check out what's new and upcoming!
As of September 2020 Eliza will be beginning her Master of Arts in Child and Youth Care at Ryerson University. She looks forward to growing as a practitioner and learning more about clinical child and youth care practice as well as exploring arts-based therapeutic support.
Eliza is thrilled to announce that she is currently working on her first children's book! She is grateful for the opportunity to bring her first novel to life, and to be working with a wonderful Canadian children's publisher. Keep your eyes on her writing page for further details to be announced soon!
Eliza is thrilled to be a Project Initiator in collaboration with Rebecca Ballarin in this years PXL, Puppetry eXloratory Laboratory with Puppetmongers Theatre. Eliza and Rebecca will be working with Lab Participants on the development of a new Theatre for Young Audiences piece, exploring puppetry elements and adaptation. The piece will be workshopped in May 2020 as a part of the Fresh Ideas in Puppetry Day**. Eliza is looking forward to learning and sharing skills with such a wonderful group of multi-disciplinary artists over the next few months.
**PXL has since been paused due to COVID19
**PXL has since been paused due to COVID19
Eliza has closed a run as Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, with Shakespeare BASH'd. 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 third and most recent solo show BLOOM as the 2019 Creator in Residence for New Bad Ideas - Bad Hat Theatre's new development stream with the support of Theatre Direct. BLOOM was workshopped in August 2019. You can read more about BLOOM here, and New Bad Ideas here.
Eliza's first solo show O was an official selection of the United Solo Festival in New York City, and was performed in the heart of the NYC theatre district on 42 Street in November 2018. O earned a five star review and Critics' Choice from All About Solo as well as a United Solo Award for Best Satire. Read the review here.