Beth Gilleland

Beth Gilleland is an Alumna of the Playwrights’ Center and an Artistic Associate at Illusion Theater.

She has written and performed for American Public Radio’s Good Evening with Noah Adams, The First House on the Right, NPR’s All Things Considered, BBC Scotland via the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and toured extensively with her one-woman show, Whistling Girls and Crowing Hens, which was initially developed and performed at Illusion. Beth was a long time company member at Dudley Riggs’ Brave New Workshop and has worked at most Twin Cities’ theaters. She is a past recipient of a Jerome Study/Travel Grant, a Minnesota State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant, and was awarded a residency at The Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Arts in Red Wing, Minnesota. Most recently, Beth saw her play Sisters of Swing (written with Bob Beverage) performed in German in Goettingen, Germany, and she played Anne in Dr. Bob and Bill W. here at Illusion Theater.