Elizabeth Searle

rdf:langString Elizabeth Searle

rdf:langString Elizabeth Searle

rdf:langString Elizabeth Searle

rdf:langString American

rdf:langString Novelist, short story ,scriptwriter

rdf:langString Elizabeth Searle is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright and screenwriter. She is co-writer of "I'll Show You Mine," a feature film in post-production from Duplass Brothers Productions and forthcoming in 2022. Her theater works have received major media attention and have been performed around the country. Her novel "A Four-Sided Bed" is currently being developed as a feature film. A short film based on the novel, 'Four-Sided,' screened at 2019 festivals in Cannes, Boston, Chicago and more. Searle is co-writer with David Shields and Tiffany Louquet of 'I'll Show You Mine,' a forthcoming feature film directed by Megan Griffiths. Elizabeth's most recent novel is 'We Got Him' (New Rivers Press) which was released in AudioBook in 2018. She is the creator and playwright for 'Tonya & Nancy: the Rock Opera' (music by Michael Teoli) which most recently was produced in February 2020 in an award-winning TheatreZone production starring Broadway great Andrea McArdle (the original ANNIE). A Tonya & Nancy concert at 54Below, featuring Broadway performers, was recorded as a CD from Broadway Records and produced as a concert film, available in 2021. The show has had full productions in NYC (at NYMF), in Chicago, LA, Portland Oregon, suburban Dallas and Boston at the ART's Club Oberon Theater. Searle's novel 'Girl Held in Home' was selected for New Rivers Press American Fiction Series. 'A Four Sided Bed' was nominated for an ALA award and various Editor's Choice awards. Her short story collection My Body to You won the Iowa Short Fiction Prize (James Salter, judge) and Celebrities in Disgracewas a finalist for the Paterson Fiction Prize. 'Celebrities in Disgrace' was produced as a short film that screened at various festivals. Searle's one act play, 'Stolen Girl Song' was produced at the Act One One Act Play festival 'off Off Broadway' in 2019. Searle wrote the libretto for Tonya and Nancy:The Opera," produced in 2006, 2010, 2014 and in Minneapolis in 2018. Her and Michael Teoli's full length musical, "Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera" was produced in NYC as a sold-out Full Production show at the New York Musical Festival (NYMF). Producer Paul Boghosian/Harborside Films has produced the show multiple times. The 2020 production won four Broadway World Regional Theater awards. Searle's theater works and her upcoming Feature Film have drawn national media attention.