ELLIE M. PLOURDE
ACTING CASTING & PRODUCING
Co-Founding Artistic Director of Making Our Space Theatre Co.
BIO
ELLIE (SAG/AEA) is a Pittsburgh & NYC based Jewish actor, producer, casting professional, and a Co-Founding Artistic Director of Making Our Space Theatre Co. (MOS).
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Her work as an actor spans regional and indie theatre, Off and Off-Off Broadway, commercials, voiceovers, and independent film. She studied theater at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and is a graduate of the Terry Knickerbocker Studio Conservatory.
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Ellie served as lead producer, casting coordinator, and lead actor in Kin by Bathsheba Doran, the acclaimed inaugural production of Making Our Space Theatre Co. at The Chain Theatre, directed by Spencer Whale. The production was hailed by Theatrely as “an auspicious debut,” with Ellie’s performance praised as “hilarious as the chatty and sometimes vapid best friend,” and noted for her ability to “shine in some of the play’s most raw moments, displaying an impressive range of skills.”
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Ellie's producing work dates back to 2014 with the sold-out run of This Is Not About 9/11 by Sarah Van Auken at the Philadelphia SoLow Festival, followed by the play's NYC sold-out premiere run in 2015 at NuBox Theater. In addition to Kin, through MOS she is one of the lead producers for all of their programming.
Ellie is also a freelance casting professional passionate about connecting extraordinary talent across generations and backgrounds. She’s driven by a belief in the transformative power of representation in storytelling, and thrives on bridging the gap between the most exciting rising artists and long-established actors on projects that take creative risks and reflect the world as it truly is—diverse, complex, and full of possibility. For Ellie, casting is an act of creative matchmaking: uniting artists whose voices, lived experiences, and imaginations can bring a story to life in ways that feel both fresh and deeply human.
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Most recently, she served as Casting Director for Two Waiters, a short film by former sommelier–turned–filmmaker Gregory Gotham Smith, starring Connie Shi (Law & Order, The Rebirth) and Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and actor Stephen Adly Guirgis (Between Riverside and Crazy, HBO’s Winning Time). Ellie also works as a freelance Casting Assistant with Nancy Mosser Casting (CSA).
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Outside of the arts, Ellie is a travel enthusiast, a devoted plant and dog-mom, political podcast obsessed, and a true crime junkie.
