Elizabeth Mihelich

I was born in Pueblo, Colorado, the land of nothing, brought up on movies like Airplane!, Naked Gun and Clue! I quickly developed a razor sharp wit and repartee that sometimes only my siblings and cousins can truly understand. (They were raised on the same movies, which makes it easier). I love to laugh and causing others to dissolve into laughter runs a very close second to kissing as My Favorite thing to do on this planet. I believe and know that laughter is one of the strongest forces on earth. It has powers to affect humanity in ways that we are still learning about, mainly because it’s sneaky. You think you’re simply giggling with others and then BAM! a light bulb! You learned something, you can relate to someone a little more, you understand where the other person is coming from, how did that happen? Sneaky, sneaky humor.

Anywho, after a childhood of running down dirt roads barefoot, creating chalk cities on our driveway and running a roller rink in our garage, I traveled north all the way to Greeley, Colorado and the University of Northern Colorado. Jealous?! I thought so. I spent four years in Greeley enjoying “boiling blood Tuesdays”, dancing the night away at Wash Bar in FoCo, learning things occasionally and only spending one night sitting on the floor at a bar uncontrollably crying. Don’t judge me, we’ve all been there. I graduated with a degree in Theatre: Directing and one in Journalism: Telecommunications, you know to fall back on, at the request of my mother, if that acting thing didn’t pan out. Little did she know, Broadcast Journalism is even HARDER to break into than acting. Ha. I really showed her. Oh.

I moved to Los Angeles one month after graduating from college and have been living and loving life here ever since. I stumbled upon Long Form Improvisation at IO West and am a proud graduate of their program, having spent a year on a Harold Team, Assisted Living, and performing with other teams on their stage. I went through Second City’s Conservatory and learned how to make my humor smarter, using satire and parody, and improv to write sketches. I’ve since branched out into writing and creating my own scripts, sketches and short movies!

I am currently on a Harold team at iO West! My team DCT can be seen performing every Friday night in the DCT theatre! Come check us out! http://ioimprov.com/west/io/teams/dct

I’m a One. Stop. Shop. Actress. Writer. Producer.