ELIZABETH KITSOS-KANG

KITSOS-KANG ELIZABETH KITSOS-KANG Actor/Professor of Theatre Elizabeth Kitsos-Kang passed away at her home in Arlington on Saturday, June 9, 2018. She was 53 years old and had suffered from cancer. Elizabeth was born in Evanston, IL, but was a long-time resident of Bethesda and the District. She graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, and was a graduate of Bard College. She completed her Master of Fine Arts in Acting from The University of Virginia, and studied at the L'Ecole Internationale de Teatre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. She settled in Washington, DC, where she rapidly became a fixture in the burgeoning theatre scene. She appeared on such area stages as The Kennedy Center, Round House Theatre, Theatre J, Studio Theatre, Source Theatre Company, Church Street Theatre, and many others. She was also a theatre educator, teaching at Round House Theatre, Imagination Stage and Holton Arms. She was one of the founders of the Arlington-based non-profit Educational Theatre Company along with her husband Stan Kang. She particularly exceled in ETC's Creative Age program, devising and directing theatrical works with intergenerational students. Her popular Devising Hope program, created with Street Sense, paired high school students with the homeless in the greater DC area to create and perform together. Elizabeth was a valued member of the faculty of the Theatre and Dance Program at The George Washington University for over twenty years, where she directed students in such plays as Almost Maine, Dog Sees God, Little Shop of Horrors, and many others. She also served as the director for the Colonial Inauguration program at GWU for a number of years. She is survived by her husband Stan; her children Jamie and Eli Kang; her mother Barbara Rothschild Zwerdling; her stepfather Daniel Zwerdling; her father Thomas Kitsos; her stepmother Mary Kitsos, and her brothers Rob Kitsos and Tony Kitsos. She also leaves behind many adoring friends and students. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, June 24, at 3 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, at 4444 Arlington Blvd., Arlington, VA. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that any donations be made to The Educational Theatre Company in her honor.A memorial service will be held on Sunday, June 24, at 3 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, at 4444 Arlington Blvd., Arlington, VA. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that any donations be made to The Educational Theatre Company in her honor.