Over a decade ago, Elisa got into improv.

Now she's making it your problem.

Elisa is a writer/director, actor, and sketch comedian with a black sense of humor. After a big breakup in 2013, Elisa started taking improv classes in San Diego so she could make new friends and relearn social skills. By 2015, she was too into improv, and by 2016, she was driving up to Los Angeles weekends to take classes at UCB. In 2017, she moved to LA for "true love" (which didn't work out) and "improv" (which she has quit forever like ten times).

“You’re really funny, you should be on SNL. But that Eric guy you did a scene with? He was really funny.” - Elisa's mom

She started making short films in 2019 and started being okay at making short films in 2022. In 2023, her short film made for Collaboration Filmmakers Challenge "Are You Mad At Me" was screened at the Sherwood Players International Film Festival in Los Angeles. She also produced and directed her first (and last) 48 hour film and started writing for "Marci & Milo", an upcoming animated show about two cats.

You may have seen her on stage at the Pack Theater, where she wrote and performed with house teams Bedlam, Pillow Monster, and Daddy and co-produced video game sketch show Cutscene or on TikTok, where she does characters and "little skits". Elisa also has a black belt in karate so don't pick a fight with her because she'll run away real fast.

Pic: Miles Roberts (@milesrobertsphotography)
Pic: Miles Roberts (@milesrobertsphotography)
Pic: Miles Roberts (@milesrobertsphotography)
Pic: Miles Roberts (@milesrobertsphotography)

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Produced Work

Red Shell

Director/Co-Writer/Co-Producer

After a breakup, a man builds himself a community - but it quickly takes a sinister turn.

  • Created for 48 Hour Film Project - Los Angeles using free locations.

Are You Mad At Me

Director/Writer/Producer

When an artifact hunter is confronted by her “itʼs complicated” about their relationship status, she must choose between him and stopping the bad guys.

  • Zero-budget short created in 4 days for Collaborator Film Challenge - Los Angeles.

  • Screened at Sherwood Players International Film Festival (Los Angeles) December 2023.

Education

  • Cinema 1 & 2 - LACC Community College

  • UCB Comedy (Los Angeles, CA) - Sketch 101 & 201, Improv 101-301

  • Margie Haber (Los Angeles, CA) - Intermediate Intensive

  • Pack Theater (Los Angeles, CA) - Sketch Program, Improv 1, Character Workshops (Carl Foreman Jr, John Milhiser)

  • Finest City Improv (San Diego, CA) - Improv 1-5

Live Comedy / Theater

  • Vampire | Play

    • Ensemble

    • Dir: April Littlejohn

  • Daddy | Sketch Comedy

    • Sketch Performer / Writer

    • Pack Theater House Team

  • Gën | Comedy Variety Show

    • Performer / Katya Backup Dancer

    • Various

  • Pillow Monster | Sketch Comedy

    • Sketch Performer / Writer

    • Pack Theater House Team

  • Bill Murlesque | Burlesque

    • Performer

    • Pack Theater

  • Cutscene | Video Game Sketch Comedy

    • Producer / Writer / Performer

    • Pack Theater

  • Bedlam | Sketch Comedy

    • Sketch Performer / Writer

    • Pack Theater House Team

  • Fast Eddie | Improv Comedy

    • Performer

    • Independent Team

  • Black Belt Siblings | Improv Comedy

    • Performer

    • Finest City Improv House Team