ARIAINA
Elana is thrilled to have been cast as a featured role in her first feature film! It is titled ARIAINA and will be filmed in the Boston area fall of 2022. More details to come.
Elana recently returned from traveling the country in feline form covering five tracks as a swing on the national tour of Cats! Previous trips around the globe include travel aboard an Oceania luxury cruise ship as a singer/dancer as well as shows at various regional theaters including the New London Barn Playhouse, Northern Stage, and the Saint Michael’s Playhouse. She also enjoyed a winter season ringing in the holidays performing at King’s Island in Ohio followed by working on a new play, Chasing Jack, in Florida, which unfortunately closed on opening night due to the pandemic.
Through the years, she trained at various programs such as the Circle in the Square Summer Musical Theater Intensive, Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company in Israel, Broadway Artists Alliance, and abroad at the London Dramatic Academy before graduating from Cornell University in 2017.
A native Vermonter who grew up hiking the Green Mountains and incorporating maple syrup in an inordinate number of meals, Elana has been involved in a number of workshops, concerts, galas, and short films, enjoying many artistic endeavors as an actor, dancer, singer, and yoga teacher based in New York City!
Check out some recent performance updates below!
Elana is thrilled to have been cast as a featured role in her first feature film! It is titled ARIAINA and will be filmed in the Boston area fall of 2022. More details to come.
Elana Valastro is excited to run away with the circus for the month of October! She will be introducing a number of circus acts as ringmaster as well as singing and dancing in her own act at Old Sturbridge Village, MA. Press release found here.
Elana recently finished touring North America with the Cats the Musical National Tour! She is a swing/understudy covering roles such as Demeter, Bombalurina, Rumpleteazer, Sillabub, and Tantomile. More info and tour dates can be found here: https://ustour.catsthemusical.com/
Before Covid-19 unfortunately put an end to the run, Elana was in sunny Boca Raton, FL at the Willow Theater playing the role of Rebecca in a new play by John Anastasi. More info here.
Elana was thankful to RWS Entertainment for the opportunity to spread holiday cheer as a singer/dancer in the Charlie Brown Christmas Spectacular at Kings Island WinterFest in Mason, Ohio.
Elana had the time of her life adventuring around the world as the female Singer/Dancer on the Oceania Marina cruise ship! She travelled to 30+ countries from March to October after rehearsing at Norwegian Creative Studios in Tampa, Florida.
Elana spent the lovely winter at Northern Stage as Atina and other ensemble characters in The Little Mermaid! In addition to being the Ariel Understudy, she experienced her first fly system and was airborne as the Stingray in Under the Sea and the Ariel body double. More info here.
Elana thoroughly enjoyed her time as a member of the 2017 Resident Acting Company at the New London Barn Playhouse! She was the “Day By Day” soloist in Godspell as well as roles in The Secret Garden, West Side Story, and All Shook Up.
Elana graduated from Cornell University in May 2017 with a BA in Performing and Media Arts and a minor in Science/Technology studies. At Cornell, she enjoyed being president of the Cornell Ambassadors for Media and Performance, a Cornell Tradition Fellow, a member of the Edge of the Gorge Dance Company, and a member of the Sphinx Head Senior Honor Society. In addition, she was honored to receive the 2017 Drama Book Shop Award.
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Elana volunteered at the Auburn Maximum Security Correctional Facility and worked with a group of inmates known as the Phoenix Players Theatre Group. Together, they engaged in theatre exercises and devised work based on their life experiences.