Ella's Story
Growing up, Ella was an active member of three 4-H groups and enjoyed showing sheep and chickens at local New Hampshire fairs. Farming became a wonderful source of natural education for Ella. She began competing in agriculture quiz bowls, assisting in the birthing of lambs, creating myriads of wool-based art, and helping to humanely process chickens.
Extremely family-oriented, Ella embraces her role as the second oldest of five sisters. She is a natural caretaker, often watching after younger cousins and babysitting local children. You can often catch her smiling and waving at babies in strollers. Smitten also with most animals, Ella grew up with four dogs, four cats, and lots of fish. She currently has a friendly ferret named Fettuccine.
Mutually exclusive to her farm life, Ella fell in love with performing and singing at a young age. When she was in kindergarten she appeared as Chip in a professional production of Beauty and the Beast at Northern Stage in Vermont. Ella loved the community and kindness of her fellow actors, and performing 4 shows a week for 3 months was an exciting task for five-year-old Ella.
After that run concluded, she continued to seek out performing opportunities, hungry to meet new people and explore different ensembles. Working closely with Northern Stage throughout her childhood, specifically Eric Love, they are a large part of Ella’s foundation and success in the theatrical world.
In addition to theatre, Ella enjoys music - specifically adoring harmonies. Her dad has been the director of a Barbershop Harmony Society chorus for over 15 years and her mom sings in a BelCanto group. From them, she gained an understanding of the power of musical ensembles and the magic you can make using just human voices.
Growing up singing baritone in various female barbershop choruses, Ella learned and fell in love with tight harmonies, dynamics, and the occasional harmonic seventh chord. She extended her knowledge of acapella and began adding instruments to her repertoire. Ella loves to play and sing at the piano, play clarinet, and she even dabbles in the oboe.
Ella lives to learn and she can’t wait to see what life brings her way!
