Biography

Elizabeth originated the roles of Detective Audrey O'Connor in the Pulitzer Prize winning play, Between Riverside and Crazy, by Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by Austin Pendleton at The Helen Hayes Theater on Broadway (2nd Stage) and The Atlantic Theater Company, Rockaway Rosie in Stephen Adly Guirgis's Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven, at the Atlantic Theater Company/LAByrinth Theater directed by John Ortiz. Liz played Laurie in, Dominique Morisseau's Pipeline at Lincoln Center Theater directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz. Elizabeth also originated the role of Mary Jane Hanrahan in, Jesus Hopped the A Train,(East 13th Street NYC, Edinburgh Theater Festival, The Donmar Warehouse, and The Arts Theater (West End London), Marcia in, Our Lady of 121st Street, (Union Square Theater) and Justine in, The Little Flower of East Orange, (The Public Theater, NYC). She was Fabiana Aziza Cunningham in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the Public Theater, NYC. All shows were directed by the Academy Award winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and written by award winning playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis. She is a member of LAByrinth Theater Company and The Actors Studio.
- IMDb mini biography by: Elizabeth Canavan

She is a member of The LAByrinth Theater Company (in residence at The Public Theater) and the Actor's Studio.