Hi. My name's Elisa Money. I'm a Seattle-based writer, theatre artist, musician, and music producer originally from Vancouver, BC. (I also produce concerts and events every so often, too.) I'm proudly second-generation Chinese-Canadian, with roots in Ontario and Lee's Summit, Missouri.
Hats I've worn so far: writer, songwriter, composer, lyricist, arranger, orchestrator, copyist, music director, performer, bandleader, conductor, multi-instrumentalist (15+ instruments; I stopped counting), audio engineer, mixer, masterer, producer... once upon a time, for a brief moment, I was even a lightboard and soundboard operator.
Somehow I've worked on over two dozen new musicals (28, to be exact!) at varying points along their development journeys. CV below, if you're curious to see which, where, and with whom. A lot of cool stories, a lot of cool people, a lot of cool places.
Sometimes I write little poems and journals and publish them to my substack. Click here for that, if you're curious.
For info on my original works --> original works page
elisa money and the change (f.k.a. nobody told me) received a 4culture project grant in 2026, and was a 2026 finalist for the National Centre for New Musicals development stream at Theatre Aquarius in Hamilton, Ontario. pretty rad.
Original music I've released into the ether --> discog page
build a fire received airplay on KEXP in 2025. also pretty rad.
I unabashedly write (and play and perform and sing) for those I love and cherish on both sides of the curtain.