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 LELA ELAM is so happy to be back at GableStage again working with the amazing Joe Adler. Previous work at GableStage includes In The Continuum for which she received the Carbonell Best Actress, The Miami NewTimes Best Actress and Miami SunPost Best Actress Awards; and Intimate Apparel for which she was nominated for the Carbonell Best Supporting Actress Award. Lela has also worked at New Theatre in their productions of Fill Our Mouths which was named Best Ensemble by The Miami NewTimes, Just A Kiss for which she received The Miami SunPost Best Comedy Performance Female Honor, and Touch for which she received the Carbonell Best Supporting Actress nomination. Lela has also had the opportunity to be in five August Wilson plays, including Radio Golf at Mosaic Theatre which was nominated for the Carbonell Best Ensemble Award, and Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Seven Guitars, Two Trains Running, and The Piano Lesson, all at The M Ensemble Company. Lela recently had the pleasure of working in Key West at the beautiful Waterfront Playhouse in their production of Doubt, as well as Ground Up and Rising's production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. Lela's work with Ft. Lauderdale's The Women's Theatre Project includes, Jar The Floor, which was named one of the Top Five shows of last season by Miami Herald's Christine Dolen, Shiloh Rules, Tongue of a Bird, Necessary Targets, and their premiere production of The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women. Lela also appeared in the film Hearing Huny, which won the 48 Hour Film Project's Miami 2008 Audience Favorite Award, and the soon-to-be-released film Know Thy Enemy. She can also be seen in a web commercial for Visa. Lela wishes to thank Stage Manager Kristin Pieski, Technical Director Carlos Rodriguez and the incredible technical staff with whom she considers it an honor to work, and of course, director Joe Adler. Lela also wishes to thank her parents, John and Hallie Elam, and her family, Richard, Katina, Johnny, Karen, Israella, Judeah, Eunorick, Jarrod, John Tellis and special supportive friends, Carey Hart, Sally Bondi, Dr. and Mrs. Will Miller, Stacey Rose, and Dana Castellano. Most importantly, Lela thanks God!
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