About Eleonore

Eleonore Prokop is a Dora nominated, multi-disciplinary theatre artist with a professional stage career that spans four decades, with companies in Toronto, New York and throughout Ontario. She trained as a dancer, singer and musician and studied extensively in Montreal and for seven years in New York City before returning to Toronto. She was co-director of Generic Theatre Company with whom she performed, directed, wrote, choreographed, and composed for 12 years. The company staged multiple original productions and she was nominated for a Dora Award for her solo performance in her own play Before Eve. She is keenly interested in physical/multi-disciplinary theatre and has taught workshops with Soulpepper Theatre Company, the Canadian Opera Company, and the University of Toronto’s Outreach Program for Youth. In 2008 and 2010 she was Movement/Physical Theatre instructor at the Globe Theatre Actor’s Conservatory in Regina. In 2011 she founded Lambton Shores Theatre Works in Southwestern Ontario, offering ongoing classes in performing arts and dedicated to the production of innovative theatre. She is a certified ballet instructor and is an Associate Member of the Cecchetti Council of America. 

Eleonore Prokop is a full member of the Canadian Playwrights Guild of Canada and her plays are available through the Canadian Play Outlet.