Elisabeth's plays have been workshopped and/or produced throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Israel. Full-length plays include CATCH/RELEASE (Henley Rose Finalist) and CLYT; OR, THE BATHTUB PLAY. Her short play, “Brothers on a Hotel Bed,” is featured in Stage It! 2: Thirty 10-Minute Plays. Other work appears in Midwestern Gothic, Pidgeonholes, Three Line Poetry, CHEAP POP, and Flash Fiction Magazine.

In addition to writing, Elisabeth is an actor and director, and is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. She received her B.A. in Theatre and English-Creative Writing from Denison University, where she studied with writers David Baker and Margot Singer, and with playwrights Peter Pauze, Mark Evans Bryan, Gretchen Cryer, and Peter Grandbois.

She received her M.F.A. in Fiction from Butler University, focusing on young adult fiction and dramatic writing, working with novelists Allison Lynn and Michael Dahlie on her YA thesis and with visiting screenwriter/documentary filmmaker Alix Lambert on dramatic works.

Elisabeth has studied additionally under playwrights Andrew Black, Tom Horan, Lary Bloom, cfrancis blackchild, Howard Blanning, Mark Harvey Levine, Emma Goldman-Sherman, and Caridad Svich.

Elisabeth teaches youth drama and writing and serves as the Director of the Butler Bridge Program, a creative writing program for central Indiana youth. She is an adjunct at IUPUI and Butler University, and has taught and designed courses in screenwriting, prose, academic writing, media literacy, acting, and Disney studies.

She is especially interested in exploring intergenerational relationships, themes of motherhood and parenthood, and race relations in the United States. Additionally, she is interested in adaptation, docudrama/ethnodrama, theatre for young audiences, and solo performance.