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Elizabeth Shvarts

Pauli Murray
2026

The 2022 NYC Youth Poet Laureate, 2022 YPL Northeast Regional Ambassador, and 2022 National Youth Poet Laureate Ambassador, I’m a writer/artist with the steadfast belief that joy is our birthright. Additionally, I’m a 2022 Lucille Lortel Playwriting Fellow, 2021 National YoungArts Finalist in Play/Script who continues to act in and produce theatre during her time at Yale University. My work is featured in and/or has been performed at The New Yorker, PBS, Kennedy Center, the United Nations, the Apollo, Lincoln Center, NY1, Grist Magazine, ruth weiss Foundation, the MacDowell Foundation, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, and Alliance for Climate Education.

Production

Show Name Role Dates
Education (Dramat Fall Ex 2023) Assistant Producer Oct 5 – 7, 2023
Newsies Dramaturg Apr 20 – 22, 2023
BLOODSHOT Producer Feb 23 – 25, 2023
Pauli Murray Fall Talent Show Production Assistant Oct 15, 2022

Performance

Show Name Role Dates
Every Tongue Confess Bernadette Apr 3 – 6, 2024
Alice By Heart Dr Butridge / Jabberwock Nov 30 – Dec 2, 2023
Bakkhai Bakkhai Apr 27 – 28, 2023
Our Bodies Harry Styles Dec 1 – 3, 2022