Description: Lizzy May is a theater maker, writer, and educator. Let's imagine together.
theater (8373) chicago (6220) director (4836) playwright (649)
Lizzy believes in magic, teenagers, poetry, and courage. She loves teaching and making in all its forms.
Lizzy's writing can be found at pan-pan press , in the Summer Des Pair Books Quarterly, in zines scattered throughout San Francisco and LA, and on the New Play Exchange. She has performed her writing as a part of 3 Girl's Theatre's LezWritesBTQ Queer Salon. Her original plays ( I'll Give You the Moon, 2013; Fear Not, 2012) have been staged at venues throughout Chicago, at readings with the Woolgatherers in NYC ( The Between , 2019) and at the Midtown International Theater Festival (The Angels Will Let Yo
Lizzy is an innovative and experienced educator. She created the arts nonprofit Backyard Chicago Ensemble in collaboration with Francesca Bonifacio. Backyard brought together a team of teachers, administrators and artists to develop and pilot an original trauma-responsive theater curriculum for middle schoolers. Lizzy has had the pleasure of working creatively with youth in Chicago Public Schools since 2013. In the summer of 2020, she collaborated with the Chicago Children's Theatre and Lurie Children's