ELIZABETH LAIDLAW

Elizabeth Laidlaw (Lulu in The Birthday Party) has worked previously with JoAnne Akalaitis on Phèdre and Life is a Dream at the Court Theatre, Chicago. Recent work includes Vivie in Mrs. Warren's Profession with the Irish Classical Theatre in Buffalo, NY; and this past summer as Titania/Hippolyta in the inaugural production of the Lakeside Shakespeare Project, a new summer festival she has founded in Northern Michigan. Other Chicago credits include The Rose Tattoo (Goodman Theatre), As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), The Berlin Circle (Steppenwolf Theatre), The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon (Running With Scissors), The Kentucky Cycle (Pegasus Players, Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Supporting Actress), and Angels In America (The Journeymen, 5 Jeff Awards including Best Production & Ensemble), as well as productions with About Face, Powertap, Lifeline, Bailiwick Repertory, and Strawdog Theatre companies. Film/TV credits include the feature film Three Days and Turks for CBS. She received her BFA from Illinois Wesleyan University and holds a certificate from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art of London, UK. Offstage, she teaches and directs theatre at Near North Montessori Elementary School in Chicago.

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