RECENT NEWS
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July 2019 - Cast as June in Shrewd Productions' upcoming National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of ALABASTER by Audrey Cefaly
A darkly comic southern drama about love, art, and the power of women. This heart-wrenching story of a reclusive Alabama folk artist won the David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize. After a tornado barrels through town leaving nothing but death and destruction, only June and her pet goat Weezy live to tell the tale. When a prominent photographer visits to take pictures of June’s scars, both are forced to reconcile the pain of loss and recovery. This all-female drama explores the meaning and purpose of art and the struggle of the lost and tortured souls that seek to create it. Opening February 21, 2020 at the Dougherty Arts Center. |
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May 2019 - Announced as the Duchess in Hidden Room's THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
Inspired by actual events, John Webster's haunting and macabre Jacobean drama follows the story of the virtuous Duchess of Malfi, widowed into power and doggedly antagonized by her jealous, corrupt, and power-hungry brothers. Following her heart and defying convention, she marries her steward in secret, but how long can she keep it hidden from those who seek to ruin her, and how far will her brothers go to secure their place in the royal court? Running September 27 - October 20 at the York Rite of Austin. This production of Hidden Room's The Duchess of Malfi will also perform at London's Globe Theatre in the summer of 2020. |
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Short of the Week
...SPRITES bowled me over with its intelligent direction and absorbing character dynamics. Furthermore, the stripped back set design, the lack of special effects or fancy editing, and the performance-led approach felt like it was a piece that could work just as well on a theatrical stage, as it does on our computer screens...The performances were superb too. In fact, the characters were so well rounded and convincing, I was sure the two female leads, played by Liz Beckham and Lee Eddy, were in a relationship. Fast Company It’s a realistic depiction of how easily we become used to technologies that seem ridiculous (and ridiculously unnecessary) when first introduced. |
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October 2018 - Cast as Angelica in Hidden Room's THE ROVER
The Rover on its surface is a fresh, lighthearted, and remarkably modern sex romp, detailing the amorous adventures of dashing English Cavaliers and a family of brave and beautiful Spanish gentlewomen at Carnival time. Masks and costumes allow these would-be lovers to break out of their everyday lives and play out their fantasies. But just beneath the play's lusty facade, The Rover frees its female characters to kick at the cages of societal demands to be mother, wife, whore, or saint - and bites at unchecked power with shockingly sharp teeth. RUNNING FEBRUARY 15 - MARCH 3 |
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October 2018 - Cast as the Duchess in Hidden Room's THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
A story of romance, betrayal, tragedy, and revenge, THE DUCHESS OF MALFI considered among the greatest tragedies of English Renaissance drama. DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED IN SUMMER 2019 |
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January 2018 - Cast as Georgie Burns in ZACH Theatre's HEISENBERG
Amidst the crowds of a London train station, Georgie, a delightfully quirky woman, spots Alex, a much older man, and impulsively plants a kiss on his neck. This electric encounter thrusts these two strangers into a fascinating game of love that is never what it seems. In the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, the closer you get to something the less you know about it, and such is the case for the uncertain and often-comical sparring match that is Georgie and Alex’s need to truly connect with each other. Intimately staged on ZACH’s cozy Kleberg Stage. TICKETS HERE | June 20 - July 22 | Tuesdays - Sundays @ 7:30PM | + Sundays @ 2:30PM |
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January 2018 - Cast in the World Premiere of Theatre EnBloc's THE SECRETARY by Kyle John Schmidt
When an elderly secretary at the local high school confronts a threat in her office with six bullets, the local gun company responds by naming their latest gun after the reluctant hero: The Secretary. But as production begins on The Secretary, guns start going off all around town - and no one’s pulling the trigger. The Secretary is an all-female, offbeat comedy about safety, survival, and guns in a world that’s up in arms. TICKETS HERE | March 23 - April 8 | Performances Thursday - Sunday at 8pm @ The Rollins Studio Theatre, the Long Center | Directed by Jenny Lavery |
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September 2017 - LUNGS Nominated for Four B Iden Payne Awards
Outstanding Production of a Drama Outstanding Direction of a Drama - Lily Wolff Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama - Michael Joplin Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama - Liz Beckham |
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2016-2017 Austin Critics Table Winners Announced
CLYBOURNE PARK Nominated for 6 Awards Including: WINNER - Best Theatrical Production WINNER - Best Theatrical Performance by an Individual - Liz Beckham LUNGS Nominated for 4 Awards Including: WINNER - Best Theatrical Performance by an Individual - Liz Beckham NEVA Nominated for 2 Awards: WINNER - Best Theatrical Performance by an Individual - Liz Beckham |
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December 2016 - Cast as Olga Knipper in Theatre En Bloc's production of NEVA by Guillermo Calderón.
NEVA is set in the winter of 1905. Olga Knipper—Anton Chekhov's widow—and actors Masha and Aleko gather in a rehearsal room as revolution rings throughout St. Petersburg. Outside in the streets, striking workers struggle against the Tsarist regime, while inside, actors playout scenes from their own lives and try to find the meaning of art in turbulent times. TICKETS AT THEATREENBLOC.COM FEB 16 - MARCH 5 | Thursdays-Sundays | 8PM |
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December 2016 - Honored TWICE in the Austin Chronicle's feature Robert Faires' Top 10 (+1) Theatre Riches of 2016
#4 - Lungs : "The tiny venue on 43rd has rarely felt more intimate than while eavesdropping on the couple in Duncan Macmillan's two-hander. With actors Michael Joplin and Liz Beckham literally in our midst (thanks, director Lily Wolff) and both being so emotionally open and vulnerable, we felt close to them in every way." #3 - Clybourne Park : "The nuances of Bruce Norris' time-jumping conversation about race in America might've been blunted without this cast's sensitive acting and sterling ensemble work, directed by Nathan Jerkins. But every line and look brought home the wrenching difficulty of dealing with black-white relations, then and now." |
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December 2016 - Honored TWICE on Austin 360's Best of Live Theatre in Austin: A Critic's 2016 Picks
#9 - Clybourne Park : "Clybourne Park was a funny, intellectual, confrontational meditation on some of American history’s most troubling legacies." #1 - Lungs : "With powerful, nuanced, funny, heartbreaking performances by Liz Beckham and Michael Joplin, Lungs was spoke to me on a deep, direct, personal level . . . and I have thought about it frequently ever since. That is why it was by far my favorite production of the year, and I look forward to more work from Wolff, Beckham, Joplin, and Hyde Park Theatre in 2017." |
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September 2016 - Nominated for the 2016 B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Drama for the roles of Betsy/Lindsey in CLYBOURNE PARK.
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HOUSE of STRAW ONLINE PREMIERE
See the entire film short on the MEDIA page (Official Selection Fantastic Fest 2015) |
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LUNGS BY DUNCAN MACMILLAN
HYDE PARK THEATRE | SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 22 DIRECTED BY LILY WOLFF | STARRING LIZ BECKHAM & MICHAEL JOPLIN In a time of global anxiety, terrorism, erratic weather and political unrest, a young couple want a child but are running out of time. If they overthink it, they'll never do it. But if they rush, it could be a disaster. They want to have a child for the right reasons. Except what exactly are the right reasons? And what will be the first to destruct -- the planet or the relationship? READ THE REVIEWS |
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December 2015 - Cast in Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park for Penfold Theatre Company's 2016 production
A spin-off of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, this razor-sharp new satire takes a jab at race and real estate in a fictional Chicago neighborhood. The play begins in 1959 as a black family moves into a white enclave. Act Two takes us back to the same house in 2009 as gentrification sets in and the roles are reversed. One agile ensemble of actors plays two sets of characters in this highly celebrated winner of the Tony Award, Olivier Award and Pulitzer Prize for best new play. Thursdays - Sundays, May 26 - June 5, 2016 All shows at 8pm + additional performance Wednesday, June 1 The Long Center Rollins Studio Theatre |
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October 2015 - WINNER of the B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Featured Actress for
the role of Germaine in Picasso at the Lapin Agile. |
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September 2015 - House of Straw to premiere at Fantastic Fest
Directed by Kyle Bogart and starring Liz Beckham, Jason Newman and Joseph Garlock. Full FF Shorts Program |
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September 2015 - Lazer Team to premiere at Fantastic Fest
Directed by Matt Hullum, produced by Rooster Teeth Full FF Program |
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June 2015 - cast as Regan in Nahum Tate's King Lear with Hidden Room Theatre
The production will travel to Staunton, Virginia to the world-renown Blackfriar's Conference. |
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May 2015 - Honored by the Austin Critic's Table
Nominated for Acting in a Leading Role for Rosalind in As You Like It Full list of nominees HERE |
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January 2015 - Present Company Theatre's Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Paris, 1904: A hilarious fictional account of what might happen if Picasso and Einstein met in a bar, Steve Martin's clever comedy will run at the Museum of Human Achievement in January of 2015. Directed by Stephanie Carll, the cast also features Joseph Garlock, Jenny Lavery, Jeff Britt, Michael Ferstenfeld, Mateo Barerra, Dan Dalbout, Nathan Raley, and Robert Deike. |
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January 2015 - Honored by the Austin Chronicle as one of the
Top 10(+3) Reasons I stayed in Love With Theatre in 2014 |
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October 2014 - Wrapped picture on HOUSE OF STRAW
A horror short from SXSW Film alums Kyle Bogart (writer/director) and Richard Reininger (producer), STRAW also stars Austin stage/screen favorites Jason Newman and Joseph Garlock. |
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October 2014 - Cast in Rooster Teeth's LAZER TEAM
"Lazer Team takes place in the late 1970s when the Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence project received a onetime signal from outer space saying that we are not alone and the galaxy is a dangerous place. Working in secrecy since then, the U.S. government has been training a warrior of incredible skill to don a suit designed by the new alien allies." - Variety |
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September 2014 - Nominated for a B. Iden Payne Award
Nominated for a B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy for the role of Rosalind in Austin Shakespeare's As You Like It. |
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September 2014 - voiceover on AMERICAN CRIME
Coming soon to ABC - CLICK HERE to visit their IMDb page |
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May 2014 - AS YOU LIKE IT opens at the Zilker Hillside Theatre
CLICK HERE for show information CLICK HERE for theatre and park information *Rosalind Faires will understudy the role of Rosalind on May 10 & 11 |
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March 2014 - Cast as Rosalind in Austin Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT CLICK HERE for the BroadwayWorld.com announcement! Performances are FREE and run in Zilker Park, 8 pm Thurs-Sun., from May 1 - May 25, with a preview on April 30. |
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February 2014 - TARTUFFE opens at the Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Directed by David Long and stars Austin theatre treasures Barbara Chisolm, Jamie Goodwin, and David Stahl! CLICK HERE for tickets and more information |
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January 2014 - ZACH Theatre's production of HARVEY named one of the best plays of 2013 by Austin Lifestyle Magazine
CLICK HERE to see all the honorees |
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October 2013 - Cast in TARTUFFE at the Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Cast as Elmire in the Mary Moody Northern Theatre's production of Tartuffe! The show also stars longtime Austin favorites Barbara Chisholm & Jamie Goodwin will run in February of 2014. CLICK HERE for more details |
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October 2013 - Nominated for a B. Iden Payne Award
Nominated for a B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy for the role of Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice. |
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June 2013 - The (glowing) reviews are in for HarveyAUSTIN ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY : "Liz Beckham sparkles with her multifaceted performance as Nurse Kelley."
AUSTIN MONTHLY : "...standout performances include Liz Beckham as the sexy yet lonely sanitarium nurse Ruth..." CLICK HERE for Broadway World CLICK HERE for Austin Live Theatre CLICK HERE for Austin Lifestyle Magazine |
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May 2013 - HARVEY in previews at ZACH's Topfer TheatreChampagne opening is Thursday May 23rd!
CLICK HERE to view the photo gallery and HERE to buy tickets now! |
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May 2013 - Recorded a new game for KingsIsle More details coming soon!
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March 2013 - New ACE Hardware spot up & runningCLICK HERE or visit the Media Page to see it now!
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January 2013 - Cast in Harvey at ZACH
Cast as Nurse Ruth Kelly in Zach Scott Theatre's production of Harvey at the Topfer Theatre. The show, directed by Dave Steakley and starring Martin Burke & Lauren Lane, will run in May & June of 2013. CLICK HERE for tickets! |
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January 2013 - Featured in the Austin Chronicle
The Top 10 (+1) Theatrical Joys of 2012: 2) LIZ BECKHAM: The charming actress stormed Austin stages this year in Arcadia, Dividing the Estate, and Pride and Prejudice. CLICK HERE to see all the Top 10s! |
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October 2012 - Shot a FORD FUSION commercial
Puppies on 6th Street in Downtown Austin - video to come! |
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November 2012 - Video release for What Made Milwaukee Famous
What Made Milwaukee Famous' new video for Gone and Done It Now (directed by Mark Spacek) is here! CLICK HERE to see it now! |
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September 2012 - Cast in Pride & Prejudice
Cast as Elizabeth Bennet in Austin Shakespeare's production of Pride & Prejudice, directed by Ann Ciccolella The show will run November 7-25, 2012 Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin |
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August 2012 - Cast in a PURINA commercial
Directed by David Gordon Green, the spot is currently running nationwide! CLICK HERE to see it now! |
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August 2012 - Cast in the ZACH Season Preview
Played Myrtle Mae in a scene from HARVEY opposite Laura Lane & Martin Burke (directed by Dave Steakley) in the Zach Scott Season Preview as part of their inaugural performance in the new Topfer Theatre. The season preview also included performances by Anton Nel, Beth Broderick, and a first look at the world premiere of Steven Dietz's newest play. |
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August 2012 - Shot a music video
Wrapped shooting for What Made Milwaukee Famous' new music video for 'Gone and Done It Now'. |
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June 2012 - Honored by the Austin Critic's Table
Liz Beckham as Hannah Jarvis in ARCADIA - Outstanding Acting in A Leading Role 2011: Austin Critic's Table |
