Elyse Williams

Elyse began her professional theatrical career at The Barn Dinner Theatre in Roanoke, Virginia, in 1969. Since moving to Charlotte in 1985, she has been on stage for many theatre companies, including Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, CPCC Summer Theatre, Actors Theatre of Charlotte, Theatre Charlotte, Three Bone Theatre, Davidson Community Players, Old Courthouse Theatre, Fort Mill Community Theatre, and Union County Playmakers.

Some of Elyse’s favorite roles were Mrs. Savage in The Curious Savage, Vivian Leigh

in Orson’s Shadow, Charlotte in Moon Over Buffalo, Lexie in The Dixie Swim Club, and

Jesse in Benedictions, for which she received the Metrolina Theatre Association’s

Outstanding Lead Actor Award. Elyse has been in feature films and national and regional television commercials and is a member of SAG/AFTRA. By day, she’s a director/producer of broadcast and non-broadcast television, PBS series, documentaries, and by night, an actor and party animal!