Her solo play, USA 911, won her inclusion in the California Arts Council’s Touring Artists Roster, and its sequel, Road Trip, won a Dramalogue Critic’s Award for Outstanding Performance.  She is currently on tour with her new documentary puppet musical farce, The Sounds of Silence.

An alumna of UCLA’s World Arts and Cultures Department and the Eastman School of Music, Eliza sings and plays violin in several bands and just finished recording a children’s album -- Rusty Lulu and Magical Izzy -- which she co-wrote and co-produced with Debi Derryberry (the voice of Jimmy Neutron) and E.G. Daily (the voice of Rugrat “Tommy Pickles” and Powerpuff Girl “Buttercup”).  She is also collaborating with renowned dialectologist Robert Easton on the publication of her exhaustive dialect research.