Zoë Laiz
Zoë Laiz (she/her)(Adrienne, Cry it Out) is a Filipina-Jewish actor hailing from right here in the Berkshires! WAM Theatre: Waxworks, The Revolutionists, Water By the Spoonful, The Oregon Trail Selected Theatre Credits Elsewhere: The 2 Queers a Lesbian Meets at the Home Depot at A.R.T./NY; Poor Herman at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead; Aftershocks at Theatre for the New City; Pride & Prejudice at Actors’ Shakespeare Project; Pericles with the rig; Eight seasons with Shakespeare & Company, including As You Like It and 4000 Miles. Additional artistic credits: Audiobook: Weeping Under This Same Moon by Jana Laiz Film: American Retail, Gaps, Communication is Key Creative inspiration: Zoë believes in the arts as a wellspring of joy, empowerment, community and critical thinking. She loves the inherent camaraderie of theatre as an art form, and draws inspiration from fellow collaborators and the shared love of play, imagination and story. Community Engagement/Activist work: Zoë teaches storytelling workshops with The Moth for communities across NYC and beyond. Post-Covid, she helped produce Our Stories, Our Songs: a concert of original songs and poems created in collaboration with local Berkshire and Columbia County partners that celebrated our community’s resilience. Membership/Affiliations: Actors’ Equity Association Selected training: Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Shakespeare & Company Connect: www.zoelaiz.com
