Elizabeth Elias Huffman
Director, Playwright, Actor, Theatre Instructor
Alumni of Directors West
Member of Stage Directors & Choreographers Society
Member of SAG/AFTRA/ACTORS EQUITY
Member of MENATMA
Elizabeth Elias Huffman is the Artistic Director of Chain Reaction Theatre. She is an acclaimed international actor, an award winning director and playwright. She is known for her visionary and diverse productions, often working in different languages. She teaches Shakespeare and classical theatre worldwide and offers online classes and coaching for actors in film, television and theatre.
ICAP Theatre Company
International Classical Acting Project
The International Classical Acting Project (ICAP) was an experimental company Elizabeth founded in 2005 consisting of forty international actors and directors dedicated to creating innovative, multilingual productions from classical material drawn from all over the world.
Operating out of an 84 seat theatre inside Park La Brea in Los Angeles, California, ICAP grew from a $10,000 yearly budget to an annual $50,000 budget within two years through ticket sales, benefits, international grants and donations.
We created exchanges with theatre festivals in Europe, traveling three times to Germany with our productions, and bringing two productions from Germany to our theatre in LA.
The company folded in 2008 when Elizabeth moved to Oregon however many of the members have continued to produce work together.
ICAP PRODUCTIONS
Bury the Dead
By Irwin and Adam Shaw
Directed by Anthony DiPietro
Opening night panel discussion with Senator Tom Hayden
Featured weekend panel discussions with special guests
The Way of the World
By William Congreve
Directed by Stuart W. Howard
Bon Temps Rouler at the Shakespeare Cafe'
Text by William Shakespeare
Adapted and Directed by Elizabeth Elias Huffman
Performed in Japanese and English
Represented the USA at Theatertage Festival, Hanau, German
Night Breath
By Dennis Clontz
Directed by Elizabeth Elias Huffman
ICAP represented the USA for a worldwide festival in
4 cities in the Ruhr region of Germany
16 different countries participated
in celebration of The 2006 World Cup
The Maids
By Jean Genet
Directed by Ron Canada
ICAP was the first American company
invited to participate at the annual
Theatertage Festival in Hanau, Germany
The Rope
By Titus Maccius Plautus
Directed by Elizabeth Elias Huffman
A multi-media and mask comedy
Performed in English, French,German & Japanese
International productions to ICAP
Courasche
Adapted and Performed by Jutta Seifert
by Johann Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
Based on the orginal Mother Courage
Performed in German with subtitles
Max Und Mortiz
Adapted from Wilhelm Busch
Theatre with Objects
In association with Theatre der Jurgend Paderborn.
Director: Franz Joseph
Actors: Sten Jacobs and Deiter Bolter
Performed in German for children of all age
Landscape of Dreams in Seven Movements
Written and developed by the ensemble
Directed by Elizabeth Elias Huffman
Sexy Sassy Shakespeare
An extravaganza of excerpts from hot, sexy Shakespeare scenes
Adapted by the company and guest directors
Performed in Spanish, Japanese, Italian and English
The Siege of Leningrad
by Jose Sanchis Sinisterra Directed by Stuart W.Howard
Presented for 2 performances
Sunday Afternoon with the Classics Reading Series
The Summer People
by Maxim Gorky
Co-translated and Directed by Frank Dwyer
The Bacchae
by Euripides
Directed by Stuart W. Howard
Troilus and Cressida
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Elizabeth Elias Huffman
Engaged
by W.S. Gilbert
Directed by Mark Bramhall
The Government Inspector
by Nicolai Gogol
Co-translated and Directed by Frank Dwyer
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
Directed by William Dixon