Elia Monte-Brown

Elia an MFA from The David Geffen School of Drama (Yale), an MS in Childhood Education from Pace University and a BA in Cultural Anthropology and Peace and Conflict Studies from University of Southern California.

As an actor she has worked at New York Theatre Workshop,  Theatre for a New Audience, The Guthrie, Shakespeare Theatre of DC, The Huntington, ACT, The Williamstown Theatre Festival and The Humana Festival among others. Film and TV credits include “FBI”, "New Amsterdam", “Search Party”, “The Deuce”, “The Following”, "Prodigal Son", “The Resident”, “Shades of Blue”, “The Affair”, "Fort Tilden", “Person of Interest”, “Madam Secretary”, “Elementary”, "Law and Order: SVU" and "Law and Order: Criminal Intent".

Elia is also a certified teacher with over 15 years of teaching experience. She currently teaches theatre through a social justice lens at Lincoln Center Theatre, BAM, and The Manhattan Theatre Club. She is also on faculty at NYU Tisch where she teaches Chekhov, Advanced Scene Study and proudly helped devise and direct the 2021 Spring Show.