ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Danielle Dwyer, CJ
Artistic Director
Co-Founder of Elements Theatre Company

Sr. Danielle Dwyer earned her Master of Arts Degree from England’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the University of London. She trained in voice, acting, and writing with Joanna Weir at Central School of Speech and Drama (London, England), David Male of Cambridge University (Cambridge, England), and Shakespeare & Company (Lenox, MA). An actress of critical acclaim, Sr. Danielle’s directing experience ranges from Shakespeare’s As You Like It to T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral. She has also co-directed the world premiere of Quest for Honor: The Wind Opera, and the opera Pilgrim’s Progress by Ralph Vaughan Williams, receiving excellent review from the Boston Globe. She has authored several performance pieces, including short stories and plays, video scripts, poetic monologues, and narratives for worship and meditation. Her recent roles have included: Rumors, Chris Gorman; Lady Windermere’s Fan, Mrs. Erlynne; The Lion in Winter, Eleanor; Doctor Faustus, Mephistopheles; Richard III, Queen Elizabeth; Everyman, Everyman; and Lettice and Lovage, Lettice Douffet.