Eliana has been training with the Society of American Fight Directors for over seven years. She currently holdsAdvanced Actor/Combatant status and is certified in unarmed, broadsword, rapier and dagger, single sword, sword and shield, small sword, quarterstaff, and knife, as well as theatrical firearms. In her years of training, Eliana has attended multiple regional workshops across the United States as well as five National Stage Combat Workshops. Eliana was awarded Best Performer for the Actor Combatant Workshop in 2019 and received the award for Best Scene in her 2021 Advanced Actor Combatant Workshop. Eliana’s SAFD profile and complete testing history can be found here. Click here for a condensed stage combat resume.
Selected Fight Choreography Experience
A Divine Kerfuffle
BU Players
Dir. Dr. Carrie Winship
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble
Dir. David A. Miller
Crazy for You
Alamance Children’s Theatre
Dir. Tami Kress
Hooded: or Being Black for Dummies
BU Players
Dir. Brian Bond and Gibryl Livingston
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Alamance Children’s Theatre
Dir. Wayne Leonard
Beauty and the Beast
Alamance Children’s Theatre
Dir. Kelly Durfey
Carousel
William Peace University
Upcoming
God of Carnage
Studio 1
Dir. Adam Belcher
Selected Assistant Choreographer Experience
Robin Hood
Co-Fight Choreographer
Studio 1
Dir. Angela Daulton
Hamlet
Assistant Fight Choreographer
Studio 1
Dir. Tami Kress
Newsies
Assistant Fight Choreographer
The Gallery Players
Dir. John Collier
Peter and the Starcatcher
Assistant Fight Choreographer
Studio 1
Dir. Tami Kress
The Lightning Thief
Assistant Fight Choreographer
Studio 1
Dir. Tami Kress
Camelot
Assistant Fight Choreographer
Alamance Repertory Theatre Company
Dir. Ashley Phipps
…And Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi
Assistant
Muhlenberg College
Dir. Christopher Burris
Selected Instructor, Intern, and TA Experience
University of North Carolina School of the Arts: Unarmed and Knife
Assistant
2024
The National Stage Combat Workshop
Production Assistant
2024
The A-Town Throw Down
Associate Instructor
2024
Unarmed: Muhlenberg College
Assistant
2024
The Philadelphia Stage Combat Workshop
Intern
2023
Single Sword: Muhlenberg College
Assistant
2023
Unarmed and Single Sword: Bloomsburg University
Instructor
2023
The National Stage Combat Workshop
Production Assistant
2023
Training Experience
National Stage Combat Workshop 2017: Introduction to Stage Combat Workshop
The Tourist Trap 2018
The Fredricksen 2018
The Lonestar Smash 2018
The Tourist Trap 2019
The Fredricksen 2019
National Stage Combat Workshop 2019: Actor Combatant Workshop
The Lonestar Smash 2019
The Social Distance Showdown 2020
The Social Distance Showdown 2.0 2020
National Stage Combat Workshop 2021: Advanced Actor Combatant Workshop
Level 1 – Foundations of Intimacy I Online (IDC) 2021
The Philadelphia Stage Combat Workshop 2021
Level 2 – Foundations of Intimacy II Online (IDC) 2022
The Fredricksen 2022
Consent Forward Artist Certification Workshop 2022 (IDC)
3-day Foundational Stunt and Combat Workshop 2022 (Filmka Stunt Team: Ondra Voda & Alice Šrámková)
NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting Certification Course: Level 4 Marksmanship