Isis Elizabeth- 2026 KSA
Playwright
Isis Elizabeth is a Chicago-based playwright, actor, and teaching artist whose work explores Black identity, generational healing, and community survival. She is the Associate Artistic Director and Resident Playwright at Pulse Theatre Chicago. Her plays include Beneath the Willow Tree (Pulse Theatre Chicago/The Den Theatre), Who Is Freedom?(Amplify Series 5 Finalist, Definition Theatre), Before We March (Staged Reading Festival Winner, CCAE Theatricals), Crown of Smoke (Off Broadway-Red Bull Theater Short New Play Winner and Finalist), When the Ground Breaks (Direct Address Selection, Pocket Theatrics in collaboration with Raven Theatre), and City of Water (in development). She was a finalist for the Goodman Theatre New Stages Residency and a Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award nominee.