Actor . Singer . Musician
Fight Director . Intimacy Director
They / Them
Current & Upcoming
Eli joins a world class team of instructors at the 2026 Summer Sling workshop in NYC.
Past Projects
Eli originated the role of Nat in the World Premiere of The Woman Question by Suli Holum at People's Light and Theatre, a docufantasy exploring the legacy of The Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania through the lens of a strikingly diverse group of medical students from the class of 1894.
Eli appeared in multiple shows in the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's 2026 Season, and also directed fights for three of the productions.
Eli directed the fights for and appeared as a very attractive thug in the short film The Tooth Fairy. The film has won numerous awards, including Best International Short Film at Toronto Global Film Festival, Best Short Film at Hidden Universes IFF Melbourne, and Best Short Editing at Ottowa Film Awards, as well as being featured in numerous international film festivals.
Eli originated the role of Bet/Kate in the World Premiere of Phaedra Michelle Scott's Plantation Black at InterAct Theatre. A cast of six actors play both the Civil War and present-day characters, and each night the play begins at a different point in the timeline when a cast member spins a drum bearing the names of all the scenes in the play.
Eli was the recipient of the 2024 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Choreography in a Play!
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Citrus Andronicus was co-created, written, and performed in by Eli and produced by Philadelphia Artists' Collective.
Eli appeared as a world premiere, trans reimagining of Peter Pan in Peter Panto at People's Light and Theatre.
Eli served as Fight Director and Intimacy Director for Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' The Comeuppance, co-produced by The Wilma Theatre and Woolly Mammoth Theatre.
Reviews
"Lynn and Ahlin wonderfully render what’s possibly one of the cruelest scenes in all Shakespeare, a sobering conclusion to the spirited escapades that preceded it."
- Kiran Pandey, Broad Street Review
"I haven’t read this play, but I imagine the most frequent stage direction is: “Mayhem ensues.” And it does, especially when Lynn’s fight choreography takes over the second act for a spectacular and hilarious battle."
- Philadelphia Inquirer
"[...] Imaginative, fearless and incredible. Eli Lynn is an actor of a thousand voices and guises, convincingly, seamlessly and quickly moving from one to the next."
- Lehigh Valley Press
"Eli Lynn is stunning as Mercutio, stealing every scene they grace, most especially in their vigorous sword play as flawless as their delivery of Shakespeare's dialog."
- The Baltimore Sun
"Mesmerizing with their quick reiteration of Shakespeare’s prose, Lynn is a tour de force."​
- MD Theatre Guide
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