Hi! I'm Eliza...
Born and raised in Floyd County, Indiana, my parents gifted me an appreciation for the arts and the belief that "anything is possible," despite our difficult financial circumstances.
 
In 2019, I graduated from high school and began my education at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, where I graduated earlier this year with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Musical Theatre.

​My collegiate education consisted of both classical and contemporary training in the disciplines of singing, acting, and dancing. Over the past four years, I have worked on a total of eight theatrical productions, including workshops, staged readings, new works, and fully-fledged productions. My class and I navigated COVID-19 throughout the majority of our collegiate career, being caught in the midst of a pandemic halfway through our freshman year. Since then, we have overcome industry challenges in an educational setting. 

​"Overcoming" circumstance has been a theme of the past four years of my life. I was able to afford my education in full due to the scholarship I received from competing in the Miss America Opportunity. In December 2022, I received the national talent preliminary award at Miss America, representing my beloved home state! Now, as a former Miss Indiana, I give back as a volunteer. Additionally, I work as a talent coach for young women all over the country hoping to grow as vocalists, actors, and public speakers, through a small business I co-own, 1822 Studios, and as a stylist at House of K Boutique in New Albany, IN.

My most recent passion projects include writing, learning the guitar, and crocheting (which I have learned I am not, in fact, very good at!).  I am an animal person, except when it comes to goats, and I am skilled at social media management and event planning, which I use in my everyday life!

RECENT CREDITS

Myself, We Know Things Now - Joe's Pub, March 2023
Baker's Wife, Into the Woods - Ball State University, November 2022
Dr. Rosalind Franklin, Rosy Staged Reading - Ball State University, April 2022
Pauline, Skin & Bones World Premiere - Ball State University, April 2022