Medusa Undone

At ANTAEUS: The Crucible, Top Girls, Uncle Vanya, Diana of Dobsons, The Winter’s Tale. Other theatres (select): La Mirada Theatre, L.A.T.W., EST/LA, New Canon Theatre Company (Monterey), Book-It Rep (Seattle), Harlequin Productions (Olympia), MainStreet Theatre, Will Geer Theatricum, and the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, where Shannon recently performed in the American premiere of the new musical Bluebeard’s Castle. Film credits include The Dangle (Best Short at the CA International Film Festival), The Unknown, and the upcoming shorts Seasons and When You Sleep. As a writer, Shannon has made the Top 50 List in the Nicholl Screenwriting Competition and been a finalist for fellowships from Stowe Story Labs, among others. Thanks to years spent living an alternate life at sea, Shannon holds a Merchant Marine license from the U.S. Coast Guard. Education: LAMDA and Princeton University.

THEATRE: AT ANTAEUS (selected): The Seagull (Masha), Dunsinane (Gruah), Pink Mirror Dance (Nuce) & John Gabriel Borkman (Fanny). MATRIX: StickFly (Kimber) – best ensemble Ovation, LADCC, Garland & NAACP, LA Weekly nominated. ROAD – Pursued by Happiness by Keith Huff – best actress Stage Scene LA; Flower Duet by Maura Campbell – best ensemble Stage Scene LA. THEATRE GROUP OF SANTA BARBARA: The Heiress (Catherine Sloper) TV: Criminal Minds, NCIS, Grey’s Anatomy, Medium, ER, Dawson’s Creek, Joan of Arcadia, Tanner on Tanner, Love Life, & The Forgotten. FILM (leads): Double (Cannes),  Life with Fiona (Rome Int’l), Selena Incident (Cannes), & If I Could Tell You – releasing summer 2015.

Liza’s recent stage work includes Lady Macbeth at Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Yolanda/Jody in the New York and Los Angeles Premieres of Pulp Shakespeare (Cherry Lane, SoHo Playhouse, and Theatre Asylum), Lisa in Collected Stories at The Group Rep, Janetta in the World Premiere of The Boomerang Effect at the Odyssey, Lusia in A Shayna Maidel at ICT, and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing at Kentucky Shakespeare. She has been seen on television in recurring roles on The Following and Bucket & Skinner’s Epic Adventures, as well as Grey’s Anatomy, Lie to Me, Monk, Big Love, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and Alias. Her film work includes Night Eyes, Salvation Road, and Paul Verhoeven’s Zwartboek (Black Book), which was filmed in her native country, The Netherlands. She is the co-star/producer of the Bard tribute series, This Week in Shakespeare.