Don't miss Elizabeth as "Patty" in THE SECRETARIES at The 2010 NYC Fringe

Elizabeth Whitney has a penchant for campy comedy.  Growing up in the charming hamlet of Tallahassee, Florida, she dreamed of being discovered during ballet class and moving to New York City to be a Broadway star!  The closest she got was delivering singing telegrams and children’s birthday party entertainment—she is best remembered for her work as “The Singing Heart” and “Circles The Clown.”  After zig-zagging her way across the country to exotic locales such as Birmingham, Fargo, San Antonio, Salt Lake City, Carbondale, Milwaukee, and Boston, she finally made it to the Big Apple and is living the dream.      

Recent NYC work includes THE SECRETARIES (NYC Fringe 2010), SYRUP IN OUR SHORTS w/Lea Robinson (Dixon Place's July HOT! Festival), ROOM FOR CREAM (Two-Headed Calf/La Mama ETC.), AND SOPHIE COMES TOO (NYC Fringe 2009), FINE AND DANDY/The Kay Swift Project, and appearances in SHOWGASM (Ars Nova), The Bulldyke Chronicles (Dixon Place), Drunken Careening Writers (KGB Bar), the Famous Lesbian Comedy Road Show (Stonewall), and The Femme Show (Re/Dress).  Invited original performances include ABSOLUT Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival, Mickee Faust Co. (Tallahassee, FL), The Kitchen Theatre (Ithaca, NY), Athica Art Space (Athens, GA), Buddies in Bad Times Theatre/Hysteria Festival (Toronto), Meow Mix (Montreal), The Mae West Fest (Seattle), HERE, PS122, The Duplex, Emerging Artists Theater, Galapagos, Dixon Place, and Fresh Fruit Festival (NYC), Bailiwick Repertory (Chicago), Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Living Art Space (Tulsa), and Saints & Sinners (New Orleans).  She collaborates regularly with her partner, Lea Robinson, on The Miscegenations Project (www.miscegenations.com), and as part of the queer hooping duo "Bitches With Barrettes" in The Femme Show (www.thefemmeshow.com).

Elizabeth holds a Ph.D. in Performance Studies & Communication, and her writing on performance is published in various journals and anthologies, most recently in Singular Voices: Monologues from the International Centre for Women Playwrights (JAC Publishing).  Residencies include Gibraltar Point International Artist Residency, La Mama ETC.’s Italy Playwriting Retreat, Eugene O’Neill Theatre’s Cabaret Conference, Sarah Lawrence Playwriting Intensive, and Tectonic Theatre Project’s Intensive.

Awards include: GO Magazine’s “Dyke Drama” and “100 Women We Love”; nomination for Best Actress at the 2009 ABSOLUT Dublin Gay Theatre Festival; featured artist in Bitch Magazine; Lesbian Theatre Awards from Curve Magazine; “Best Performance” at the New York City Fresh Fruit Festival;  “Best Solo Performance” at the Columbus National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival.  She is a member of The Dramatists Guild, Fund For Women Artists, and International Centre for Women Playwrights.  

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