Elizabeth Carlin-Metz

Elizabeth Carlin-Metz is a member of the Faculty of Knox College in the Department of Theatre and Dance.

Along with her husband, Robin Metz, she operated Vitalist Theatre in Chicago. Vitalist productions often included a number of Knox Alumni--including Kelly Hogan, visiting instructor of theatre.

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She may or may not have a puppet that she treats like a child. (Kitchen, cookies, birth control y'all!)

Her office allegedly smells of wine and fruitloops, although she vehemently opposes the consumption of alcohol by students, especially when taking shots in the green room for someone's birthday.

Shows directed

At Knox

• The Grapes of Wrath, Winter 2003
• The Skriker, Spring 2005
• As You Like It, Winter 2006
• Working, Winter 2007 (Rep Term XIV)
• Hamlet, Spring 2008
• Angels in America: Perestroika (Rep Term XV), Winter 2010
• A Lie of the Mind, Winter 2011
• Twelfth Night, Winter 2012
• The Green Bird (Rep Term XVI), Winter 2013
• Crash by Sunny Bow Mar Lake (New Plays Carnival), Spring 2013
• In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, Winter 2014
• The Children's Hour, Rep Term XVIII, Winter 2019
• The Mill on the Floss, Winter 2020
• Dracula! The Radio Play, Fall 2020
• We Are Pussy Riot (Or Everything is P.R.), Winter 2022
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Winter 2023
• Silent Sky, Fall 2023
• She Kills Monsters, Winter 2024

Outside Knox

Recent Vitalist Theatre productions:

• Anna Karenina in Fall 2005
• Mother Courage in Fall 2006
• Anung's First American Christmas (written by Robin Metz), Fall 2007
• Passage to India, Spring 2008
• The Night Season, Fall 2009