Elizabeth Nordt is an educator, director and performer. Comfortable working in preschools, board rooms, factories, churches, and universities, she synthesizes the big picture and the minutia of everyday life. She earned her Ph.D. in Drama from Stanford University and MA in performance studies at New York University where she studied with Augusto Boal whose work she continues to incorporate in her own. Early in her career, she was the business manager for Touchstone Theatre in Bethlehem, PA where she later collaborated with Cornerstone Theatre by assisting directing Steelbound under Bill Rauch. She has directed shows by Ibsen, Beth Henley, María Irene Fornes, and David Henry Hwang, among others. Having travelled on six continents, her  interests lie at the intersection of cultures, including political, technical and artistic.