Full Biography: Elizabeth Lucas

 

Elizabeth Lucas has three features in post-production: rock movie musical CLEAR BLUE TUESDAY, teen slasher flick RED HOOK and sci fi FADE TO WHITE. All are due for September 2008 completion.

 

Elizabeth has developed new musicals for the theatre at every stage, including several that premiered at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, THE LAST STARFIGHTER, THE VIEW FROM HERE and CAPTAIN GRAVY'S WAVY NAVY. Her Midwest premiere of HELLO AGAIN won two After Dark Awards and was recommended for a Jefferson Award. Her productions of FOOTLOOSE and JEKYLL & HYDE garnered rave reviews at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City. She has directed readings and workshops at The York Theatre, The Directors Company, Musical Writers Playground and many others. Elizabeth is also a dramaturg, writing evaluations of new musical scripts and working with writing clients to develop their work.

 

In acknowledgement of the unique nature of Elizabeth's first movie musical, ISABELLA RICO, 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 Best Director Award from the Zoie Film Festival and has played thirty-three film festivals around the world, including the Hamptons International Film Festival, the Palm Beach Film Festival and the Raindance International Film Festival in London.

 

Other media projects include the DV shorts TIL BIRTH DO US PART for Raw Impressions Movie Musicals, FANTASY IN DUTCH for the Vail Film Fest/Gershwin Foundation Contest (viewable online) and THE AUDITION, starring Sue Lawless, as well as a documentary on the musical development process for The Musical Writers' Playground and a dance short for the award-winning Howard Fishman Quartet.

 

As a producer, Elizabeth is one of the founders of the New York Music Theatre Festival, for which she spearheaded the Movie Musical Screening Series. She 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.

 

Elizabeth has been a featured writer for SPUNK Magazine, GREAT LAKES STAGES and STAGE DIRECTIONS magazines. She is a member of the League of Professional Theatre Women, 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 industry programs for 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.