Elizabeth Copeland

Beverly and Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland are multi-disciplinary artists who have been actively collaborating since they met as friends in 1992. They married in 2009 and shortly afterwards, moved east to the Acadian Coast. There they opened a theatre school dedicated to community building: a core vision for both.

Elizabeth is a theater artist, writer, producer and arts educator whose work over the past forty-plus years evolved at the intersection of arts and activism. Her early years saw her touring with Second City, storytelling at the Canadian National Exhibition and dancing and singing as the ‘Witch’ in Hansel and Gretl with the Honolulu Symphony, to name a few. Her book, ‘Jazz: Nature’s Improvisation’ was shortlisted for the 2015 ReLit Award, and her book of narrative eco-poetry, “Daring to Hope at the Cliff’s Edge” evolved out of a year-long residency at the Joggins Fossil Institute: a UNESCO world heritage site on the might Bay of Fundy. Elizabeth co-produced and performed in Glenn’s recent tours (2019 through 2026).

Glenn and Elizabeth’s love for working with children and youth have been a constant throughout their lives. As an artist facilitator with Learning through the Arts, ArtsSmarts and artsnb, Elizabeth developed and facilitated programs to support children and youth with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and more recently, those struggling with climate anxiety.

Both Glenn and Elizabeth believe in the power of art to change lives. Their work speaks of that belief.

Daring to Hope at the Cliff ’s Edge ...is ...timeless and timely, ancestral and modern, serious and whimsical. Be prepared for a journey of the moral imagination, an invitation into a council of all beings, and a unique experience that will leave you inspired, moved, and daring to hope.

— Della Duncan, Ecological Economist, Work that Reconnects Facilitator