Elizabeth Lucas develops new work for stage and screen. She is a
Founding Producer of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, where she
has premiered a new musical every year, including "Wild About Harry" (a
dance piece about Leona Helmsley), "The Last Starfighter" (based on the
movie), and "Captain Gravy's Wavy Navy" (being developed for
television).
Elizabeth is making her feature directing debut with three genre movies
about New York City, her rock movie musical,
Clear Blue Tuesday (2009), her
teen thriller, Red Hook (2009), and her
Sci-fi Fade to White (2009). In
acknowledgment of the unique nature of Elizabeth's first movie musical,
Isabella Rico (2002), the Santa
Monica Film Festival created a Musical Short category and granted her a
Special Achievement Award. Elizabeth produced, directed, and wrote the
screenplay for the original fifteen-minute musical film, which won a
Director Award from the Zoie Film Festival. The film has played over
thirty festivals since September 2002, including the Hamptons
International Film Festival, the Palm Beach Film Festival, the
Raindance International Film Festival in London and the San Diego
Latino Film Festival.
Among her other theatre credits, Elizabeth's Midwest premiere of Hello
Again won two After Dark Awards and was recommended for a Jefferson
Award, and her productions of Footloose and Jekyll & Hyde received rave
reviews at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City. She has directed countless
readings and workshops. Favorite stage directing credits include Nine,
Kiss Of The Spider Woman and the Marta Kauffman/David Crane/Michael
Skloff-written Rapunzel.
Elizabeth has assistant directed over 30 musicals, plays and operas
with Tony-Winning director Walter Bobbie, international opera director
Rhoda Levine, multi-award winning author, actor and director Simon
Callow, Paper Mill Playhouse Artistic Director Mark Hoebee and many
others.
In addition to the New York Musical Theatre Festival, Elizabeth also
founded the Door County Opera and the Chicago Directors' Forum and
assistant produced the concert musical Galas for two seasons of the
Chicago Humanities Festival. She has been a featured writer for Spunk
Magazine, Great Lakes Stages and Stage Directions magazines.
Elizabeth is a member of New York Women in Film & Television, the
League of Theatre Women, the 2004 Berlin Film Festival Talent Campus,
the 2004 Commercial Theatre Institute 14-Week Program, the League of
American Theatres Producer Development Program and the 1998 Lincoln
Center Theatre Directors Lab, all exclusive programs for emerging
producers & directors. Elizabeth served on the Stage Directors &
Choreographers Foundation Artists Action Committee. She received her
Bachelor of Music in Lyric Theatre from Northwestern University and a
Film Certificate from New York University.
