ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Elizabeth Baron  is an award-winning director, collaborative theatre maker, actor, and teacher, who has directed many red nose clown shows, including: Instituto Prama’s Pio Mare… Mare Pio(Italy - various venues), Theatre Infinite’s Hi. (Entering Burned Area) (Edinburgh & Fresno Fringes, and currently at Halifax Fringe), LaLa Theater Company’s Requiem for a Snowflake (Boulder Fringe & various US venues). Other directing, dramaturgy, and/or co-creation includes Gemma Wilcox Productions’ The Wallaby Way, Magical Mystery Detour (currently re-touring the Canadian Fringe), and 52 PickUp, all of which have won multiple awards on the US and Canadian Fringe circuits and toured independently. Additional directing includes co-direction of Adam and Eve on a Raft, opening now at the San Francisco Fringe Festival, and Teatro Fondamenta Nuova’s Marzia Su Roma  (Venice, Italy). Elizabeth holds an MFA in Lecoq Based Actor-Created Theater from LISPA/Naropa University and was pedagogic assistant to Giovanni Fusetti for over 5 years. Liz waspart of the permanent faculty at HELIKOS: Scuola Internazionale Di Creazione Teatrale,in Florence, Italy, and she will be returning to Italy in the Spring of 2019 to teach as part of HELKOS’ The Pedagogic Journey. Elizabeth runs LaLa TheaterCompany, teaches all over the US and Europe, and has consulted for many different theater ensembles. Currently based in Santa Cruz, CA (USA).

UPCOMING SHOWS

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@ The NY INTERNATIONAL CLOWN THEATER FESTIVAL 
The BRICK
579 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211

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ABOUT PENELOPE

PENELOPE was created by Kaitlin in 2014 at the Helikos International School in Florence, Italy under the caring, insightful instruction of Giovanni Fusetti and Elizabeth Baron.  Penelope is radiant love and subversive silliness. She is a mighty warrior of Play.  She is visceral, impulsive, joyful, loving, and emotional. She is full of fear and love. She is messy. She is scared and brave. She is raw and vulnerable. She is painfully human, and that's her magic. ​PENELOPE has made appearances on a variety of NYC stages including HERE Arts Center, Dixon Place, The People's Improv Theatre, The Brick Theater, Cobra Club, Stonewall Inn and Chinatown Soup. ​​

GALLERY

Photography by John Huntington
"Tonight was the first time in my adult life that a clown made me cry.
​Not because she was scary, but because she made me feel things."
​-​Betsy Propane

​Force Majeure
​at The Cobra Club
​Bushwick, 2017