Lee Ellis, Artistic Director

Lee Ellis (any pronouns) is a writer, actress, musician, and director from the Greater Boston area. Ellis graduated summa cum laude from the University of Rhode Island where they studied professional writing and classical voice. Throughout their education, Ellis performed as a featured soloist with URI’s Concert Choir and Opera Workshop, participated in several projects by the Encore Opera Company, and sang with the Warwick Symphony Orchestra as a part of their Emerging Voice Artists quartet. Since graduation, they have been an active performer in a diverse array of genres including opera, operetta, musical theatre, and straight plays. Notable projects include a madrigal dinner with the First Congregational Church of Randolph, a solo set at the Providence Music Mansion as a part of their February Musicales, and their self-directed recital, Womens’ Wrongs. Other recent credits include: Rapunzel (Into the Woods, FCC Randolph), Pirate Chorus/Ruth (cover) (The Pirates of Penzance, Boston Summer Opera), Mad Margaret (Ruddigore, Abridged, The Maenad Theatre Troupe), and the Spartan Herald (Lysistrata, The Maenad Theatre Troupe .

They are the founding member and artistic director of The Maenad Theatre Troupe. They recently directed and performed in the Maenads’ first project at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, Crimes of Passion: A Valentine’s Day Concert which featured an abridged staging of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore. This was followed by the troupe’s first straight play, Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, which they produced and performed in as the Spartan Herald. Professionally, they are a writing consultant at their school’s Writing Studio and the alto section leader at the Pilgrim Church of Duxbury. Additionally, they are a full-time student pursuing a degree in biochemistry at Bridgewater State University, where they do research and provide scientific communication for the Natural History Collection.