About Me

HERE'S THE RAPID FIRE RUNDOWN ON ME...

AS A PERFORMER:

Elliana is a proud member of the small but mighty clan of natives born and raised in Las Vegas, NV. After experiencing the adrenaline rush from her first dance recital at the ripe of age of three, she has been hooked on performing ever since. At first, she thought she was going to be a prima ballerina, but luckily things have changed. She, instead, found an old VHS of the 1981 filmed stage adaptation of Pippin and her love for musical theatre was born. She quickly threw herself into the local community theatre scene, learning the ropes with her hometown mentors Voltaire Verzosa, Ashley Oblad, Jane Bartell, and Lynn Fitzpatrick with whom she owes her grit and her heart.

After moving across the country to see how the other half lives, she graduated cum laude from Emerson College with a BFA in Musical Theatre in May 2024, working closely with professors Christopher Shin, Scott LaFeber, Jon Goldberg, Ilana Ransom Toeplitz, Sabrina Learman, and Nicole Lewis. They have taught her endlessly about precision and craft, and to say they have changed her outlook on theatre is an understatement!

Since starting her professional career, she has become a Boston based actress and has been fortunate enough to work on all kinds of material with skilled professionals like Courtney O' Connor, Dan Rodriguez, Marisa Kirby, and Tony award composer Richard Maltby Jr., which has just been the cherry on top!

Aside from theatre, she has continued to nurture a profound passion for tap dance while training under tap masters Tony Coppola and Dianne Walker since her early teen years . The Leon Collins tap rep along with theatrical, rhythm, and funk tap styles continue to hold a special place in her heart.

She is currently searching for her next big adventure!

AS A CREATIVE:

Along with performing, Elliana dabbles in her own creative work as a choreographer and educator. She has been lucky enough to continue teaching performance at Positively Arts Inc, a nonprofit developed by Pilita Danesh-Simpson who's mission is to "empower youth through performance and artistic discovery".

AS JUST ANOTHER GIRL:

SOME FUN FACTS

Let's be real: she loves her full legal turned stage name, but we can drop the formalities! Elliana more commonly goes by Ellie, but she doesn't lead with that in fear that someone will think her name is really Eleanor.

Ellie refers to her favorite roles to date as the Honorable H's: Hope Cladwell (Urinetown), Holly (The Wedding Singer), and Hélène (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812). Some of her dream roles include Amalia Balash (She Loves Me), Portia (Something Rotten!), Frenchy (Grease), Kathy Seldon (Singin' In The Rain), Clara (The Light in the Piazza), Val (A Chorus Line), and any woman in the Sondheim canon.

Ellie trained as a pre-professional ballroom dancer for over ten years! She competed Open Gold in American Smooth styles and Open Silver in International Latin and American Rhythm styles, learning from ballroom champions Mariusz Zakrezewski, Dana and Tony Delgado, and Donovan Kirrane.

Ellie's actual big three on her astrological chart are as follows: Leo Sun, Capricorn Moon, Capricorn Rising.

Ellie's spiritual big three are as follows: Laura Benanti Sun, Jane Krakowski Moon, Stephanie Styles Rising.

Ellie has a deep love for filmmaking. During the pandemic, she ran her own blog "Confessions of a Film Junkie". Now, she resorts to writing mildly funny, somewhat niche reviews on her Letterboxd.

Some of Ellie's other interests include (but are not limited to) podcasts, traveling (this picture was taken in Milan!), thrifting, museums, history, The Royal Family, and collecting Jellycats (she has over fifty and counting! Jellycat, if you need a brand ambassador please reach out!).