Author Info

Liz Maxwell is a theater director and physical performer who has worked and collaborated with professional theatrical productions across the United States and abroad. Originally from New Orleans, Liz was born to a family of musicians and grew up on the stage. She graduated from Louisiana Scholars’ College at Northwestern State University in May 2008 with a double major in Theatre (Minor: Dance) and Liberal Arts (Concentration: Humanities and Social Thought). Her primary interest as a theater director lies in devising original pieces such as gravesongs., which was voted the Audience Pick of the 2009 Cincinnati Fringe Festival and earned three Cincinnati Acclaim Awards, in association with a Directing Internship with the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati. In 2011, Liz trained with the prestigious SITI Company in New York, deepening her interest in the Viewpoints technique and artistic discipline. As an artist, Liz seeks to create work that is profound, funny, smart, epic, and relevant. Liz has an unending fascination with human beings: how human beings cope with being alive, how and why individuals turn themselves into group (socially, politically, and spiritually), and the many diverse ways this occurs in cultures all around the globe. Liz strives to make work that is deeply personal, culturally specific, and at the same time touches upon the universal. A longterm Artmonk since March 2010, Liz directs and performs in AMP events, in addition to programming the artistic season.