about

Lizzie Milanovich is a New-York-by-way-of-Boston non-binary actor, playwright, teacher, coach, loud mouth, and all-around whack job. Born and raised in North Dakota (yes: North Dakota) (no no, Mount Rushmore's in the other one), they like to think they still maintain a bit of that midwestern sunshine-y charm, but, if nothing else, they certainly maintain the dialect-- you betcha!

Milanovich moved to Boston in 2010 to pursue a degree in Theatre Studies from Emerson College. While there, they studied under many Boston professionals in scene study, film, improvisation, dance, playwriting, performance art, dramaturgy, dialects, and Linklater voice, as well as engaged in rigorous academic classwork through the college's Honors Program. They developed a reputation as a fiery character actor with a penchant for playing middle-aged women (and is now trying to figure out their type until they reach middle age and can return to the comfort zone...) A campus newspaper once described their theatrical aesthetic as a combo of Zooey Deschanel, Lena Dunham, and Judy Blume (for real). As an undergrad, they also worked as an intern at SpeakEasy Stage Company and as a front-of-house staff member for the Boston Center for the Arts. They were employed by Emerson College as a teacher's assistant in freshman Linklater voice and advanced accents/dialects courses for one year following the completion of their bachelor's degree in 2014.

Since graduating, Milanovich has worked with Huntington Theatre Company, Central Square Theatre, Greater Boston Stage Company, Bad Habit Productions, Theatre on Fire, Brown Box Theatre Project, Flotsam Productions, and Fresh Ink Theatre Company as an actor and with Yale School of Drama, Fresh Ink, and Shotz Boston as a writer. They have taught dialects courses at Gloucester Stage Company and Wheelock Family Theatre, as well as worked in the summer program at Walnut Hill School for the Arts. They have appeared in various readings throughout the city, including Boston Playwrights' Theater, Lesley University, and Northeastern University.

Milanovich is passionate about vegan muffins, drag queens, wearing at least two patterns at a time, representation rants, and keeping their closet as messy as possible (sorry, mom.) They once cried in a sushi restaurant because Sigourney Weaver sat behind them. Their #1 caloric intake is french fries, followed closely by bubble tea. They occasionally lie about what TV shows they have and have not watched. Please talk to them about true crime documentaries and women in history who were actually gay. Their hopes and dreams include: growing into a grand dame and giggling as much as possible. 

In 2016 they were named one of Boston's top 25-under-25 locals to watch by The Improper Bostonian, so they plan on spending the next few years trying to live up to that terrifyingly nice information.