Elizabeth

In January of 1947, Elizabeth Short's body was discovered in an abandoned Los Angeles lot. She had been brutally murdered by an unknown killer, and a botched investigation launched her into true crime fame. Nearly a century has passed and The Black Dahlia case is no closer to being solved. Following the events leading up to her death and the subsequent investigation, this play recenters Elizabeth in her own story, through the eyes of Aggie Underwood, a famous female reporter and Elizabeth herself. Elizabeth examines our relationship and engagement with the true crime genre and celebrates the personhood of America's most famous murder victim.