MOLLIE LIEF is the proud drama teacher at Eliot Arts Magnet, formerly located in Altadena, CA. Following the Eaton Fire, Eliot is currently co-located with McKinley School in Pasadena. Most recently, Mollie directed Shrek JR. at the prestigious Ahmanson Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles.

In New York City, Mollie founded and led drama programs at both the Battery Park City School in Manhattan and P.S. 29 in Brooklyn. She also served as Associate Artistic Director and Youth Director at Brooklyn’s Piper Theatre Productions, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) dedicated to youth and community-based theatre. In Los Angeles, she has headed the drama programs at Laurence School and Van Nuys Performing Arts Magnet High School.

A Brooklyn native, Mollie holds a BA in Directing and Educational Theatre from Hampshire College and earned her Master’s in Educational Theatre from The City College of New York (CUNY).

She currently lives in Highland Park with her husband, two children, and cat, Sonny.