ELLIE M. PLOURDE
ACTING CASTING & PRODUCING
Co-Founding Artistic Director of Making Our Space Theatre Co.
BIO
ELLIE (SAG/AEA) is a Pittsburgh & NYC based Jewish actor, producer, casting professional, and a Co-Founding Artistic Director of Making Our Space Theatre Co. (MOS).
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Her work as an actor spans regional and indie theatre, Off and Off-Off Broadway, commercials, voiceovers, and independent film. She studied theater at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and is a graduate of the Terry Knickerbocker Studio Conservatory.
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Ellie served as lead producer, casting coordinator, and lead actor in Kin by Bathsheba Doran, the acclaimed inaugural production of Making Our Space Theatre Co. at The Chain Theatre, directed by Spencer Whale. The production was hailed by Theatrely as “an auspicious debut,” with Ellie’s performance praised as “hilarious as the chatty and sometimes vapid best friend,” and noted for her ability to “shine in some of the play’s most raw moments, displaying an impressive range of skills.”
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Ellie's producing work dates back to 2014 with the sold-out run of This Is Not About 9/11 by Sarah Van Auken at the Philadelphia SoLow Festival, followed by the play's NYC sold-out premiere run in 2015 at NuBox Theater. In addition to Kin, through MOS she is one of the lead producers for all of their programming.
As a freelance casting professional, she served as the lead Casting Director for We Know It Was You, a murder mystery comedy written and directed by Delaney Flanagan (Big Apple Film Festival, Napa Valley Streamfest), a Casting Associate for Melina Valdez's (Sundance Film Festival) River Through the Junkyard as part of the Perfect 10s seasonal showcase, and is currently the lead Casting Director for Gregory Gotham Smith's short film Two Waiters. She is also a freelance Casting Assistant for Nancy Mosser Casting (CSA).
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Outside of the arts, Ellie is a travel enthusiast, a devoted plant and dog-mom, political podcast obsessed, and a true crime junkie.
