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ACTOR, MUSICIAN, EDUCATOR

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I recently composed and music directed Andrew Watring's adaptation of TWELFTH NIGHT at People's Light.

I'm excited to be back at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival this summer to contribute to the sounic world of THE PIANO LESSON directed by James Ijames.

I'm currently developing a piece for young audiences called THE DEPARTMENT OF SMALL THINGS.

I'm thrilled to be directing CINDERELLA: A MUSICAL PANTO by Kathryn Peterson and Michael Ogborn this fall at People's Light.

I offer private voice lessons for actors and singers on a sliding scale. For more information, please visit the contact page below.

ABOUT

Liz Filios is a Philadelphia-based actor, musician and teaching artist. She is a company member at People's Light, a co-founder of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, and a professor of voice, speech and musical theatre performance at the Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training and Arcadia University.

Liz is the Director of Artist Training at People's Light, where she designs curriculum and implements programming for theatre students age 6-adult. She is also a Montessori Music Specialist and a guest artist at the Royer Greaves School for the Blind.

After graduating from the University of Michigan, Liz spent two summers working at the Teatro Avvaloranti in Cittá della Pieve, Italy. She apprenticed for a season at the Cape Town Opera Company in South Africa before pursuing studies in Commedia dell'arte with Maestro Antonio Fava and Primitive Voice technique with Jean Rene Toussaint in Philadelphia. Liz attended the Çudamani Summer Institute in Bali, Indonesia, and later studied song writing with William Finn and Adam Gwon. She has spent the last several years researching Embodied Voice Practice under master teachers she met at Canada's National Voice Intensive in Vancouver.

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As a writer and performer, Liz is excited by work rooted in Community. She strives to create theatre that celebrates and affirms individuals of all ages, races, genders and abilities, and provides a space for us to explore our shared humanity with courage, care and childlike wonder.

Liz has received Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Performance in a Musical for Fosca in PASSION (Arden Theatre) and Helena in MIDSUMMER: A Play With Songs (Înis Nua Theatre Company). Other favorite roles include Cunégonde in CANDIDE, the Muse in AN ILIAD,

and Cinderella in INTO THE WOODS. She holds a special place in her heart for The Sunny Side Up Show, a national children's television program she co-wrote and hosted on PBSKids' Sprout for two years. Creating art for young audiences continues to be one of her passions.

Liz has composed full-length musical scores for THE ICE PRINCESS;

SWEETWATER; and TWELFTH NIGHT O LO QUE QUIERAS. She has also composed/music directed/sound designed at the Folger Theatre, Round House Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Temple University, Villanova University, Quintessence Theatre Group, Theatre Exile and Delaware Shakespeare.

Liz is an Independence Foundation Fellow, a recipient of the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Theatre Artist and parent to the most amazing kid she's ever met.

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