{{short description|American actress}} {{good article}} {{Infobox person | name = Elizabeth Teeter | image = Elizabeth Teeter Mary Poppins.jpg | alt = | caption = Teeter in 2013 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|20|2022|4|8}} | birth_place = | family = Lara Teeter (father) | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2009–present }} '''Elizabeth Teeter''' (born 2001 or 2002) is an American actress. The daughter of Lara Teeter, she began her career as a child, appearing in several productions at The Muny. She made her Broadway debut in 2012 in ''Mary Poppins'' and later played young Elizabeth II in ''The Audience'' and Betty Parris in the 2016 revival of ''The Crucible''. Additionally, Teeter starred in the Off-Broadway musical ''The Secret Life of Bees''. From 2022 to 2023, Teeter gained wider recognition for portraying Lydia Deetz in ''Beetlejuice'' on Broadway.
==Life and career== Elizabeth Teeter was born in 2001 or 2002.<ref name="Putnam">{{cite web |last1=Putnam |first1=Leah |title=Elizabeth Teeter's Déjà Vu Journey to the Netherworld |url=https://playbill.com/article/elizabeth-teeters-deja-vu-journey-to-the-netherworld |website=Playbill |access-date=January 31, 2025 |date=April 8, 2022 |archive-date=February 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207121415/https://playbill.com/article/elizabeth-teeters-deja-vu-journey-to-the-netherworld |url-status=live }}</ref> Her father, Lara Teeter, is an actor and theatre teacher, while her mother is a dancer and dance teacher. Elizabeth has a twin brother and two younger sisters. As a child, she moved from Chicago to Winchester, Virginia, and later St. Louis. The family lived in Webster Groves, Missouri, where the children attended Bristol Elementary School.<ref name="Russell">{{cite web |last1=Russell |first1=Stefene |title=A Full House: The Teeter Family Signs Up For Adventure |url=https://www.stlmag.com/family/A-Full-House/ |website=St. Louis Magazine |access-date=February 1, 2025 |language=en-us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250301081802/https://www.stlmag.com/family/A-Full-House/ |archive-date=March 1, 2025 |date=March 21, 2013}}</ref>
Teeter studied ballet and was coached by her father in acting, singing, and tap dance.<ref name="Russell" /> Teeter stated that as a child, she and her sisters created many imagination games, and performing "just felt like an extension of my games, but with real people to respond to".<ref name="Chan" /> She begged her father to take her to see stage performances and later asked to audition, saying that "[s]omething about hearing the downbeat of the orchestra just made me want to cry—and I knew I wanted to be a part of it somehow".<ref name="Chan">{{cite interview |last1=Teeter |first1=Elizabeth |interviewer=Iris Chan |title=5 Questions with Elizabeth Teeter of Beetlejuice |url=https://broadwaydirect.com/5-questions-with-elizabeth-teeter-of-beetlejuice/ |website=Broadway Direct |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131165653/https://broadwaydirect.com/5-questions-with-elizabeth-teeter-of-beetlejuice/|access-date=March 3, 2025 |date=April 5, 2022|archive-date=January 31, 2023}}</ref> She began acting at The Muny at the age of seven,<ref name="Russell" /> beginning with a 2009 production of ''Meet Me in St. Louis''.<ref name="Gans" /> In 2011, she performed alongside her father in ''The Little Mermaid''. Additionally, she acted in plays at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and the New Jewish Theatre. In mid-2012, Teeter was cast in ''Mary Poppins'' on Broadway. Her family moved to an apartment in New York from July 2012 to May 2013, during which the children were homeschooled.<ref name="Russell" /> From August 2012 to March 2013, Teeter alternated with Carly Paige Baron and Maya Jade Frank in the role of Jane Banks.<ref name="Playbill" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gans |first1=Andrew |title=Broadway's Mary Poppins Flies Out Of New Amsterdam Theatre March 3 |url=https://playbill.com/article/broadways-mary-poppins-flies-out-of-new-amsterdam-theatre-march-3-com-202992 |website=Playbill |access-date=February 1, 2025 |date=March 3, 2013 |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204090757/https://playbill.com/article/broadways-mary-poppins-flies-out-of-new-amsterdam-theatre-march-3-com-202992 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015 and 2016, Teeter played young Elizabeth II in ''The Audience'', sharing the role with Sadie Sink,<ref name="Champion">{{cite interview |last1=Teeter |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Sink |first2=Sadie |interviewer=Lindsay Champion |author2-link=Sadie Sink |title=The Audience Stars Elizabeth Teeter & Sadie Sink on Being Queens For the Day & Holding Court with Helen Mirren |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/180529/the-audience-stars-elizabeth-teeter-sadie-sink-on-being-queens-for-the-day-holding-court-with-helen-mirren/ |website=Broadway.com |access-date=February 1, 2025 |language=en |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018205715/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/180529/the-audience-stars-elizabeth-teeter-sadie-sink-on-being-queens-for-the-day-holding-court-with-helen-mirren/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rooney |first1=David |title='The Audience': Theater Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/helen-mirren-audience-theater-review-779996/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 1, 2025 |date=March 8, 2015 |archive-date=February 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207121415/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/helen-mirren-audience-theater-review-779996/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Betty Parris in ''The Crucible'', directed by Ivo van Hove, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brantley |first1=Ben |title=Review: In Arthur Miller's 'Crucible,' First They Came for the Witches |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/theater/review-in-arthur-millers-crucible-first-they-came-for-the-witches.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 1, 2025 |date=April 1, 2016 |archive-date=February 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204180504/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/theater/review-in-arthur-millers-crucible-first-they-came-for-the-witches.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In a review of the former, ''Variety'' said she portrayed the character "very nicely".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stasio |first1=Marilyn |title=Broadway Review: 'The Audience' Starring Helen Mirren |url=https://variety.com/2015/legit/reviews/broadway-review-the-audience-starring-helen-mirren-1201448484/ |website=Variety |access-date=February 1, 2025 |date=March 9, 2015 |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525135917/https://variety.com/2015/legit/reviews/broadway-review-the-audience-starring-helen-mirren-1201448484/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Teeter next starred as Lily Owens in the Off-Broadway musical ''The Secret Life of Bees'' (2019), based on the film of the same name.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lunden |first1=Jeff |title='The Secret Life Of Bees' Takes On A 2nd Life As Musical Theater |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/07/13/741307427/the-secret-life-of-bees-takes-on-a-second-life-as-musical-theater |publisher=NPR |access-date=February 1, 2025 |language=en |date=July 13, 2019 |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202155752/https://www.npr.org/2019/07/13/741307427/the-secret-life-of-bees-takes-on-a-second-life-as-musical-theater |url-status=live }}</ref> She left her penultimate year of high school as a result and completed her schoolwork at the beginning and end of the day. During the show's previews, Teeter took her final examinations: "I would take my final at 10 a.m. and then go in and have a preview rehearsal of the show, and it would be like, 'Oh, we're doing a new opening number today.{{' "}}<ref name="Westerfield" /> Teeter's performance received positive reviews;<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cote |first1=David |title=A Musical Version of 'The Secret Life of Bees' Is Sweet But Lacks Emotional Sting |url=https://observer.com/2019/06/the-secret-life-of-bees-musical-sweet-but-lacking-sting-review/ |website=The New York Observer |access-date=February 1, 2025 |date=June 14, 2019 |archive-date=February 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250201131322/https://observer.com/2019/06/the-secret-life-of-bees-musical-sweet-but-lacking-sting-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Green |first1=Jesse |title=Review: 'The Secret Life of Bees' Is a Musical Lacking a Sting |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/theater/secret-life-of-bees-review.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 1, 2025 |date=June 14, 2019 |archive-date=February 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250201131322/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/theater/secret-life-of-bees-review.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Soloski |first1=Alexis |title=The Secret Life of Bees review – sweet, buzzy musical is one to watch |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/jun/13/the-secret-life-of-bees-review-sweet-buzzy-musical-is-one-to-watch |website=The Guardian |access-date=February 1, 2025 |date=June 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250301081833/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/jun/13/the-secret-life-of-bees-review-sweet-buzzy-musical-is-one-to-watch|archive-date=March 1, 2025}}</ref> the ''Financial Times'' described her as the show's "main saving grace", praising her "touchingly nervous yet not without pluck" portrayal of Lily and chemistry with co-star Brett Gray.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McGuinness |first1=Max |title=The Secret Life of Bees — Elizabeth Teeter shines in Sam Gold's tarnished production |url=https://www.ft.com/content/300d8a66-8dc2-11e9-b8cb-26a9caa9d67b |website=Financial Times |access-date=February 1, 2025 |date=June 14, 2019 |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925072706/https://www.ft.com/content/300d8a66-8dc2-11e9-b8cb-26a9caa9d67b |url-status=live }}</ref> After graduating high school, Teeter intended to move to New York to attend auditions and classes during a gap semester.<ref name="Westerfield" /> In March 2020, Teeter was cast as Lydia Deetz in ''Beetlejuice''. She attended rehearsals for three days before Broadway theatres closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="Fuentes">{{cite web |last1=Fuentes |first1=Tamara |title=Exclusive: Get a First Look at 'Beetlejuice' on Broadway's New Lydia, Elizabeth Teeter |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a39667931/lydia-beetlejuice-broadway-elizabeth-teeter/ |website=Cosmopolitan |access-date=February 1, 2025 |date=April 8, 2022 |archive-date=February 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250201131322/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a39667931/lydia-beetlejuice-broadway-elizabeth-teeter/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The team contacted her two years later and invited her to reaudition.<ref name="Putnam" /> After booking the role again, Teeter worked with the rest of the cast to do table work, discuss characters, work on the screenplay, and contribute new ideas.<ref name="Fuentes" /> The production reopened in April 2022 and closed in January 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wiltbank |first1=Michael |title=See Inside the Reopening Night of Beetlejuice on Broadway |url=https://playbill.com/article/see-inside-the-reopening-night-of-beetlejuice-on-broadway |website=Playbill |access-date=February 1, 2025 |date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=April 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415043933/https://playbill.com/article/see-inside-the-reopening-night-of-beetlejuice-on-broadway |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Putnam |first1=Leah |title=Alex Brightman and Elizabeth Teeter Held Signs for the Audience at Final Beetlejuice Curtain Call |url=https://playbill.com/article/alex-brightman-and-elizabeth-teeter-held-signs-for-the-audience-at-final-beetlejuice-curtain-call |website=Playbill |access-date=February 1, 2025 |date=January 9, 2023 |archive-date=February 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250201131322/https://playbill.com/article/alex-brightman-and-elizabeth-teeter-held-signs-for-the-audience-at-final-beetlejuice-curtain-call |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2025, Teeter portrayed Heather McNamara in the Off-Broadway revival of ''Heathers: The Musical'' at New World Stages.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exclusive: Watch 'Candy Store' From Heathers Off-Broadway |url=https://playbill.com/article/exclusive-watch-candy-store-from-heathers-off-broadway |website=Playbill |access-date=August 16, 2025}}</ref> Director Andy Fickman stated that she gave the character "a heartbreaking vulnerability ... that will surprise and move audiences".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Greg |title=‘Heathers The Musical’ Finds Its Off Broadway Heathers |url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/heathers-the-musical-off-broadway-cast-1236396135/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=August 16, 2025 |date=May 14, 2025}}</ref> The production received positive reviews;<ref>{{cite web |title=Reviews: The Reviews For Heathers The Musical Are In! - News from New York City Theatre |url=https://www.newyorkcitytheatre.com/news/reviews/524451 |website=New York City Theatre |access-date=August 16, 2025}}</ref> ''Mashable'' praised Teeter's portrayal of McNamara's vulnerability,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Puchko |first1=Kristy |title='Heathers: The Musical' review: Back off-Broadway and big fun|url=https://mashable.com/article/heathers-off-broadway-2025-review |website=Mashable |access-date=August 16, 2025 |language=en |date=July 11, 2025}}</ref> though ''Time Out New York'' said she "doesn't land all her punch lines".<ref>{{cite web |title=Heathers the Musical |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/heathers-the-musical-review-off-broadway |website=Time Out New York |access-date=August 16, 2025}}</ref>
==Credits== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{sronly|Elizabeth Teeter's theatre credits}} ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Venue ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable"| {{refh}} |- | 2009 | ''Meet Me in St. Louis'' | Tootie Smith | rowspan=2|The Muny | rowspan=4|Regional | {{centre|<ref name="Gans">{{cite web |last1=Gans |first1=Andrews |title=Meet Me in St. Louis Plays St. Louis' Muny Beginning July 6 |url=https://playbill.com/article/meet-me-in-st-louis-plays-st-louis-muny-beginning-july-6-com-162421 |website=Playbill |access-date=January 31, 2025 |date=July 6, 2009 |archive-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015022254/https://playbill.com/article/meet-me-in-st-louis-plays-st-louis-muny-beginning-july-6-com-162421 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} |- | 2010 | ''The Sound of Music'' | Marta | {{centre|<ref name="Khodorokovsky">{{cite web |last1=Khodorokovsky |first1=Irina |title=Photo Call: The Muny's Sound of Music With Brown, Hewitt and More |url=https://playbill.com/article/photo-call-the-munys-sound-of-music-with-brown-hewitt-and-more-com-170338 |website=Playbill |access-date=January 31, 2025 |language=en |date=July 26, 2010 |archive-date=February 21, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221071243/https://playbill.com/article/photo-call-the-munys-sound-of-music-with-brown-hewitt-and-more-com-170338 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} |- | rowspan="2"| 2011 | ''Macbeth'' | Macduff's daughter | The St. Louis Repertory Theater | {{centre|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Newmark |first1=Judith |title=Rep presents a riveting 'Macbeth' |url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/rep-presents-a-riveting-macbeth/article_8110ab88-36e5-11e0-99c4-00127992bc8b.html |website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |access-date=January 31, 2025 |language=en |date=February 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250223120512/https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/rep-presents-a-riveting-macbeth/article_8110ab88-36e5-11e0-99c4-00127992bc8b.html|archive-date=February 23, 2025}}</ref>}} |- | ''The Little Mermaid'' | Flounder | The Muny | {{centre|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fullerton |first1=Krissie |title=Photo Call: The Little Mermaid, With Patti Murin, Paul Vogt and Francis Jue, at the Muny |url=https://playbill.com/article/photo-call-the-little-mermaid-with-patti-murin-paul-vogt-and-francis-jue-at-the-muny-com-180733 |website=Playbill |access-date=January 31, 2025 |date=July 8, 2011 |archive-date=February 21, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221072417/https://playbill.com/article/photo-call-the-little-mermaid-with-patti-murin-paul-vogt-and-francis-jue-at-the-muny-com-180733 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} |- | 2012–2013 | rowspan=2|''Mary Poppins'' | rowspan=2|Jane Banks | New Amsterdam Theatre | Broadway | {{centre|<ref name="Playbill">{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Teeter (Performer) |url=https://playbill.com/person/elizabeth-teeter-vault-0000123515 |website=Playbill |access-date=January 31, 2025 |archive-date=February 9, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209140223/https://playbill.com/person/elizabeth-teeter-vault-0000123515 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} |- | 2013 | The Muny | Regional | {{centre|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fullerton |first1=Krissie |title=Photo Call: Jenny Powers, Rob McClure, Erin Dilly and Stephen Buntrock Star in Muny Mary Poppins |url=https://playbill.com/article/photo-call-jenny-powers-rob-mcclure-erin-dilly-and-stephen-buntrock-star-in-muny-mary-poppins-com-208014 |website=Playbill |access-date=February 3, 2025 |date=July 30, 2013 |archive-date=February 21, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221071424/https://playbill.com/article/photo-call-jenny-powers-rob-mcclure-erin-dilly-and-stephen-buntrock-star-in-muny-mary-poppins-com-208014 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} |- | 2015 | ''The Audience'' | Young Elizabeth | Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre | rowspan=2|Broadway | {{centre|<ref name="Playbill" />}} |- | 2016 | ''The Crucible'' | Betty Parris | Walter Kerr Theatre | {{centre|<ref name="Playbill" />}} |- | 2018 | ''Jerome Robbins' Broadway'' | Wendy | The Muny | Regional | {{centre|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vine |first1=Hannah |title=Go Behind the Scenes of St. Louis Muny's Jerome Robbins' Broadway |url=https://playbill.com/article/go-behind-the-scenes-of-st-louis-munys-jerome-robbins-broadway |website=Playbill |access-date=January 31, 2025 |language=en |date=June 18, 2018 |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226010708/https://www.playbill.com/article/go-behind-the-scenes-of-st-louis-munys-jerome-robbins-broadway |url-status=live }}</ref>}} |- | 2019 | ''The Secret Life of Bees'' | Lily Owens | Linda Gross Theater | Off-Broadway | {{centre|<ref name="Westerfield" />}} |- | 2020 | ''The Last O.G.'' | Symone | {{n/a}} | Episode: "Started from the Bottom" | {{centre|<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Teeter |url=https://www.metacritic.com/person/elizabeth-teeter/ |website=Metacritic |access-date=January 31, 2025 |language=en |archive-date=February 21, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221071336/https://www.metacritic.com/person/elizabeth-teeter/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}} |- | 2021 | ''The Sound of Music'' | Liesl von Trapp | The Muny | Regional | {{centre|<ref name="Westerfield">{{cite web |last1=Westerfield |first1=Joe |title=Elizabeth Teeter Talks About Her New 'Dead Mom' Video From 'Beetlejuice' |url=https://www.newsweek.com/elizabeth-teeter-new-dead-mom-video-beetlejuice-1725377 |website=Newsweek |access-date=January 31, 2025 |language=en |date=July 18, 2022 |archive-date=October 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009075712/https://www.newsweek.com/elizabeth-teeter-new-dead-mom-video-beetlejuice-1725377 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} |- | 2022–2023 | ''Beetlejuice'' | Lydia Deetz | Marquis Theatre | Broadway | {{centre|<ref name="Playbill" />}} |- | 2023 | ''The Sound of Music'' | Liesl von Trapp | The Music Hall | Regional | {{centre|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Higgins |first1=Molly |title=Emilie Kouatchou Will Lead The Sound of Music at Ogunquit Playhouse |url=https://playbill.com/article/emilie-kouatchou-will-lead-the-sound-of-music-at-ogunquit-playhouse |website=Playbill |access-date=January 31, 2025 |date=November 15, 2023 |archive-date=February 21, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221071344/https://playbill.com/article/emilie-kouatchou-will-lead-the-sound-of-music-at-ogunquit-playhouse |url-status=live }}</ref>}} |- | 2024 | ''13'' | Kendra | Lawrence Woodmere Academy | Concert | {{center|<ref>[https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/288280-elizabeth-teeter Elizabeth Teeter AboutTheArtists Theatre Credits]</ref>}} |- | 2025–present | ''Heathers: The Musical'' | Heather McNamara | New World Stages | Off-Broadway | {{center|<ref>Higgins, Molly [https://playbill.com/article/mckenzie-kurtz-olivia-hardy-and-elizabeth-teeter-are-our-heathers McKenzie Kurtz, Olivia Hardy, and Elizabeth Teeter Are Our Heathers] Playbill, May 14, 2025</ref> |}
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