Life and career
Elizabeth Teeter was born in 2001 or 2002. [1] Her father, Lara Teeter, is an actor and theatre teacher, while her mother is a dancer and dance teacher. Elizabeth has a twin brother and two younger sisters. As a child, she moved from Chicago to Winchester, Virginia, and later St. Louis. The family lived in Webster Groves, Missouri, where the children attended Bristol Elementary School. [2]
Teeter studied ballet and was coached by her father in acting, singing, and tap dance. [2] Teeter stated that as a child, she and her sisters created many imagination games, and performing "just felt like an extension of my games, but with real people to respond to". [3] She begged her father to take her to see stage performances and later asked to audition, saying that "[s]omething about hearing the downbeat of the orchestra just made me want to cry—and I knew I wanted to be a part of it somehow". [3] She began acting at The Muny at the age of seven, [2] beginning with a 2009 production of Meet Me in St. Louis . [4] In 2011, she performed alongside her father in The Little Mermaid . Additionally, she acted in plays at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and the New Jewish Theatre. In mid-2012, Teeter was cast in Mary Poppins on Broadway. Her family moved to an apartment in New York from July 2012 to May 2013, during which the children were homeschooled. [2] From August 2012 to March 2013, Teeter alternated with Carly Paige Baron and Maya Jade Frank in the role of Jane Banks. [5] [6] In 2015 and 2016, Teeter played young Elizabeth II in The Audience , sharing the role with Sadie Sink, [7] [8] and Betty Parris in The Crucible , directed by Ivo van Hove, respectively. [9] In a review of the former, Variety said she portrayed the character "very nicely". [10]
Teeter next starred as Lily Owens in the Off-Broadway musical The Secret Life of Bees (2019), based on the film of the same name. [11] She left her penultimate year of high school as a result and completed her schoolwork at the beginning and end of the day. During the show's previews, Teeter took her final examinations: "I would take my final at 10 a.m. and then go in and have a preview rehearsal of the show, and it would be like, 'Oh, we're doing a new opening number today.'" [12] Teeter's performance received positive reviews; [13] [14] [15] the Financial Times described her as the show's "main saving grace", praising her "touchingly nervous yet not without pluck" portrayal of Lily and chemistry with co-star Brett Gray. [16] After graduating high school, Teeter intended to move to New York to attend auditions and classes during a gap semester. [12] In March 2020, Teeter was cast as Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice . She attended rehearsals for three days before Broadway theatres closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [17] The team contacted her two years later and invited her to reaudition. [1] After booking the role again, Teeter worked with the rest of the cast to do table work, discuss characters, work on the screenplay, and contribute new ideas. [17] The production reopened in April 2022 and closed in January 2023. [18] [19]
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