Eli's from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Eli attended The University of New Mexico and The Theatre School at DePaul University. He spent one year traveling the country by train as a clown with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. His theater credits include: "Intimate Apparel" and "World Set Free" (Steppenwolf) "The Action Against Sol Schumann" (Victory Gardens), "Return of the Hip Messiah" (Prop THTR / Second City), "The Last Night at Ballyhoo" (Mercury Theatre), "Incident at Vichy" (Writers Theatre), "Comedy of Errors" and "Much Ado About Nothing" (Chicago Shakespeare), "Wit" and "A Christmas Carol" (Actors Theatre of Louisville) along with many others.