Elizabeth Williamson '99

Elizabeth is Hartford Stage’s Associate Artistic Director and leads new play development for the company. Prior to joining Hartford Stage, she served as Associate Artistic Director and Literary Manager for Pioneer Theatre Company. 

Directing: Cloud 9, Seder, Henry V (Hartford Stage);The Life and Death of Pier Paolo Pasolini (Act French Festival, Abingdon); The Floating World (HERE); Rare Bird (Babcock Theatre); Owners (Alter); The Second Amendment Club (AMS); The Maids (FringeNYC). 

Dramaturgy: West End: The Inheritance; Broadway: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Tony Award for Best Musical), Anastasia; Off-Broadway/Regional: The Body of an American (Primary Stages); Make Believe, Romeo and Juliet, The Body of an American, An Opening in Time, Hamlet, Reverberation, Macbeth, Man in a Case, Somewhere (Hartford Stage); Touch(ed)In, Find and Sign (Pioneer Theatre Company); M. Proust (Steppenwolf);  Mefistofele (Theatre de la Jeune Lune). 

Translation: La Dispute (Hartford Stage); The Life and Death of Pier Paolo Pasolini (Act French Festival, Abingdon). 

Education: Bachelor’s in Theatre and Comparative Literature, Bennington College; Master’s in European Literature, Oxford University; trained at the École Internationale de Théàtre Jacques Lecoq. 

Awards: NEA Fellowship in Literary Translation. 

Member: SDC, LMDA.