Elizabeth Swanson Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

I work with clients to curate competitive applications by shaping each application element to tell a cohesive narrative. Over the years, I've worked with 90+ clients and copy-edited 600+ personal statements and supplemental essays. Successes include admission to Stanford University, Yale University, Princeton University, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, McGill University, Oxford University, University of Cambridge, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.From December 2016 to January 2019, I served as Head of University Consulting at All Round Education Academy in Hong Kong. In this role, I advised students and parents navigating multiple university systems across the US, UK, Canada, and Hong Kong. I also worked with younger students to target and pursue activities and interests that demonstrated intellectual vitality.

I am a Jefferson Awards-nominated director currently based in Chicago with an MFA in Theatre Directing from the Lir at Trinity College, Dublin. From 2022-2023, I served as Artistic Director of BoHo Theatre in Chicago, producing a successful season, including the celebrated, sold-out run of TICK, TICK...BOOM! which gained national attention. Recent projects include Paramount Theatre's A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (2024) and Strawdog Theatre's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (2024). You can learn more at swansondirecting.com.Recent reviews:"Director Elizabeth Swanson delivers a poignant and warm tapestry of desire and frustration, moving a text-heavy piece with quick scene changes and clever use of space... Swanson and her fantastic team tackle Donoghue's quesitons head-on with fiery determination, and Chicago is all the warmer for it."-Lucas Garcia, Rescripted on I KNOW MY OWN HEART, 2019"Having seen the Broadway production last fall, I can safely say that Derek Van Barham and Elizabeth Swanson's staging succeeds at melding bombastic self-conscious theatricality with warm intimacy and a winning, goofy desire to please." -Kerry Reid, Chicago Tribune on HEAD OVER HEELS, 2019"Director Elizabeth Swanson has chose a really engaging, intelligent, compassionate, contemporary and non-sentimental play for her memorable contribution to the New Directors Festival...This is the type of pared down, no frills show that gives black box theatre a good name... Swanson responds to the script with just the right kind of punk ethic."-Liam Heylin, The Cork Daily Echo on LUNGS, 2015

Chicago, Illinois, United States

I manage daily operations for a 350-person Chicago branch of an international marketing agency. Responsibilities include facilitating office access, coordinating seating assignments, processing invoices, distributing mail, covering the reception desk, liaising with on-site IT and building facilities providers, and maintaining conference rooms and supply rooms. I also coordinate large meetings and events, including holiday parties and annual all-staff meetings. As COVID coordinator, I facilitate contact tracing and educate employees on safety procedures.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History

Bachelor of Arts in History Certificate in Theatre Senior Thesis: “The Life and Times of Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses” (2012)

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Theatre Directing

I earned my MFA at The Lir National Academy of Dramatic Arts, a conservatory for actors, directors, playwrights, designers, and theatre.