Speak the Lands of My Heart is the entertaining one-woman show about a journey to India and into the heart and mind of a woman on an adventurous cross-cultural spiritual quest. Originally inspired by Elizabeth’s journey and journal entries when she went to India, this show delights and enlightens. Elizabeth performs a dramatic read of excerpts, the abbreviated version, or the show in full length – which can be followed by a Q&A on India, traveling alone, and following your dreams.

Water from the Welles is the inspirational, humorous and dramatic read of stories, monologues and song that includes “a little bit of this and a little bit of that.” Excerpts from the one-woman show, Speak the Lands of My Heart, Elizabeth’s book, Women Celebrate: The Gift in Every Moment, quirky and dynamic monologues and story, and sometimes selections from Fairy Tales for A New World. Elizabeth steps out between the pieces to answer questions and speak about the river of inspiration, the power of story, and the journey of the creator to find the thread of their story and follow their dreams. While Water from the Welles is generally for adults, the show can be edited for a teenage audience, and material selection is always designed with your audience in mind.

Women’s Visions, Women’s Voice In the joyous tradition of storytelling and story sharing, Ms. Welles’ paints an evening of women as natural leaders. Silly, spicy, maybe even a tad salacious, powerful women traveling through time encounter the circumstances in their lives—and the men in their lives, to ultimately speak from their hearts to move warmly and wisely towards that which calls them to freedom, their own visions and voice. Stories, poems, monologues and song, which may include excerpts from Women Celebrate: The Gift in Every Moment. Uplifting and thought provoking content but when designed with your audience in mind, can be toned down to PG13. A reception or Q&A on the journey of the artist-woman-healer can follow.

In War & Peace Elizabeth jokes that her pet cause is peace. She’s a child of the sixties and was marching by the age of five, so this evening’s material, both loving and strong, is centered round war and peace. Excellent for peace organizations, women’s organizations, and associations whose leading ideals are to see a peaceful world by enhancing peace in our day-to-day lives and who are working for planetary, global and universal disarmament.

An Evening of Edge is an evening filled with stories, poetry, and song that may surprise, shock, or amuse and astound. Risqué and dangerous, this evening’s works contains strong content and is not for the faint of heart, but in the end it is not without its humor and love, joy and celebration for our humanity. Contains language and themes that may raise eyebrows. Adults only.

Women Celebrate: The Gift in Every Moment is the book that celebrates women’s bodies, hearts, minds and soul and the journey women take to reclaim their joys. A Q&A about women’s visions and women’s voices, and the opportunity and imperative need for creative peaceful empowerment follows an entertaining read from the book.

*Dramatic Readings are fully developed readings of performance pieces:  stories, monologues and song that can be just as engaging as fully realized performances. The reason for doing this is that I then have the option to stop and speak to the audience directly between the various pieces:  explaining where something came from or how it evolved, taking time to enlighten about the creative-inspirational process, and answer questions. This requires a greater spontaneity and ongoing connection with the audience. It is a deeper level of intimacy and joy that audiences have especially appreciated and enjoyed.