Elizabeth Swados

Elizabeth Swados (1951-2016) composed, wrote and directed over 30 theatre pieces, including The Trilogy, The Red Sneaks, Nightclub Cantata, Runaways, Alice in Concert, Doonesbury, Rap Master Ronnie, The Haggadah, Jewish Girlz, Jonah, Job, Esther, Jerusalem (with Yehudah Amichai), The 49 Years and Missionaries. Her work has been performed at The Flea Theater, La MaMa, The Public Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Carnegie Hall, on Broadway, off-Broadway, at regional theaters throughout the United States and at locations all over the world. She also published novels, non-fiction books, children’s books and poetry.