NEWS AND UPDATES
Headlines and Stories
(UPCOMING) THERE'S ALWAYS THE HUDSON
Woolly Mammoth Theatre
April 2020
EUREKA DAY
Mosaic Theatre
December 2019
WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE: AT THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE, THIS PLAY’S CASTING CHANGES FROM NIGHT TO NIGHT
October 2019
EVERYBODY
Shakespeare Theatre Company
October 2019
JUNK
Arena Stage
APRIL 2019
TWELVE ANGRY MEN
Ford's Theatre
JANUARY 2019
JUNK OPENING NIGHT
APRIL 2019
THE NEW YORK TIMES
"FEMINISM IS DEAD, DEAR. HAVEN'T YOU HEARD? THEY KEEP TRYING TO RESURRECT IT, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE."
Women's Voices Festival in DC. Quote is from Way of the World by Theresa Rebeck.
BIO
Elan Zafir is a Canadian actor based in Washington, DC. He originated the role of Abaddon, in Olivier-nominated writer/director Yael Farber’s critically acclaimed adaptation of SALOME at Shakespeare Theatre Company, which garnered 7 Helen Hayes Awards including Best Ensemble. He played in Theresa Rebeck's comedy WAY OF THE WORLD opposite Kristine Nielsen. Elan was cast by Mark Brokaw to play Nazari in the new play PAPER DOLLS which was developed through the Sundance Play Festival and the Public Theater. Elan was cast by Mark Wing-Davey to play Hamzi in Mona Mansour's THE VAGRANT TRILOGY which was developed through the Public Theater, and is a part of their 2019-2020 season. He will be a part of the official opening season of Simon Goodwin's first year as Artistic Director of The Shakespeare Theatre Company in the award winning play EVERYBODY by Brandon Jacob Jenkins.
He graduated The Dome Professional Theatre Program of Montreal, and attended The Academy for Classical Acting University, under the tutelage of Michael Kahn, where he earned his MFA.
He wrote and performed in his one man show, The Unaccompanied Minor, which had its world premiere at the Asheville Fringe Festival, went on to perform at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and finally completed it's journey at the DC Fringe where Roger Catlin of The Washington Post called his play "A top pick of the fringe." Elan also studied improv at Upright Citizens Brigade, where he completed the rigorous program in just two years. Elan is an avid hiker and an amateur baker, who strongly believes his bagels are the second best in the city.
(Upcoming) There's Always the Hudson Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
(Upcoming) I CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT YET
Eureka Day Mosaic Theatre
EVERYBODY Shakespeare Theatre Company
Arena Stage: Junk: The Golden Age of Debt
The Folger Shakespeare Theatre: King John, Way of the World
Edinburgh Fringe/Capital Fringe: The Unaccompanied Minor*
*Written by Mr. Zafir
Shakespeare Theatre Company: Salomé*, Othello, Romeo & Juliet
*Helen Hayes Award Best Ensemble
Ford's Theatre: Ragtime, Twelve Angry Men
Signature Theatre: Tender Napalm
Mosaic Theatre: Paper Dolls, The Vagrant Trilogy
Adventure Theatre: Jumanji*
*Helen Hayes Award Outstanding Production
Rep Stage: Venus in Fur
The Welders: Happiness and Other Reasons to Die
Capitol Fringe: Ben&Lucille*
*Written by Mr. Zafir
New York Fringe: Leaf in the Mailbox*
*Written by Mr. Zafir
*Winner Best Ensemble Cast Award
Greenwich Street Theatre: Romeo and Juliet
Wings Theatre: Raft of the Medusa
Looking Glass Theatre: Cardboard Moon
Playwrights Horizon: Inner Workings of a Man
TheatreWorksUSA: Peter Pan
Producers Club: This is Your Life*
*Written by Mr. Zafir
*Finalist: Strawberry One-Act Festival
Lycean Theatre: Accomplice
Coconut Grove Playhouse: The Disputation
Atwater Theatre: Look Back in Anger
GableStage: Arms and the Man
Kennedy Center: Together Again After* [Workshop]
*Written by Mr. Zafir
Commercials: Samsung, Mr. Roof, Vouchers, Wounded Warriors Project, Dominion Power, White64 Motors, Skip Doctor.
TV/Film credits: House of Cards, King of Crimes, Big Wolf on Campus, Apples, Milquetoast, Fairies, Nantucket Sun, Hit the Girl, Brand Management, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, A Child, Student Bodies, Discovery Channel, The Event, Making of the Mob, Turn, Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall,
"I'm like Daniel Craig, but a little less pretty and a lot less talented."
Elan Zafir
THEATRE
JUNK: THE GOLDEN AGE OF DEBT
Arena Stage
TWELVE ANGRY MEN
Ford's Theatre
KING JOHN
Folger Theatre
THE VAGRANT TRILOGY
Mosaic Theatre
THE UNACCOMPANIED MINOR
Edinburgh Fringe, UK
OTHELLO
Shakespeare Theatre Company
BEN&LUCILLE
Atlas Theatre
EVERYBODY
Shakespeare Theatre Company
ACTING REEL(S)
HOUSE OF CARDS
Gagick
COACH TAYLOR
A Friday Night Lights Spoof
CHANCE
Audition for "D"
MAKING OF THE MOB
AMC
SOPRANOS
Audition Material (Dramatic)
THIS IS THE END
Audition Material (Comedy)
COACH TAYLOR
A Friday Nights Lights Spoof #2
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL REEL
Mr. Roof, Airline Pilots Association
TEACHER/COACH
Private Lessons $50/an hour
Ever feel bad when you leave an audition?
Every actor I speak to dislikes the audition process—I’m lying—they HATE it. They dread the morning of; can’t stop thinking about it; can’t concentrate on anything—can’t seem to shake the impending doom… but of what?
Getting the opportunity to work?
To meet fellow artists?
Getting possibly the ONE chance to show people exactly how YOU would play the part?
I LOVE the audition process, and I will make you love it, too.
Happy to work with you on preparing your next audition. Whether it's Sides/Monologues/Call backs/On camera auditions—let's take the nerves out of the process and have fun.