Elizabeth Staples

Bio

Elizabeth Staples (she/her) is a queer bisexual femme settler of Italian ancestry, who was born and raised in Tkarón:to (Toronto). She is a multidisciplinary theatre creator, director, actor, producer and arts administrator. She is one half of ‘STARLiz’, who creates experimental drag performance art. Their monologue ‘Sweaty’ is published in This Is Beyond (Playwrights Canada Press). Her work has been supported by Buddies in Bad Times, Nightswimming, Factory Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Aluna Theatre, Volcano Theatre, and the TAC and CCA. Liz has been a mentor for The Playwrights Guild of Canada’s Resiliency Program and the Toronto Fringe’s TENT Program. She is currently developing a solo show, Chez Moi, a sonic love letter to the Lesbian bars of Toronto.

Recent Stage Management credits: Interim Assistant Stage Manager for Our Place and Between a Wok and a Hot Pot (Cahoots Theatre) and Workshop Stage Manager for The Eighth Fire Part Two: Bagosenim/Have Hope (Yolanda Bonnell).