Eva Tavares
- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Eva Tavares is a Vancouver based director, singer, dancer, and coach. Most recently starring as Christine Daae in the Broadway Tour of Phantom of the Opera, Tavares is a graduate of UBC Opera, the LAMDA Shakespeare Short Course, and the Banff/Citadel Theatre Professional Training Program. Previous performance credits include: Jovie in Elf the Musical, Sandy in Grease, Marta in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Anne in A Little Night Music, and the world premiere of Sousatzka starring Victoria Clark. When the pandemic shut down live performance, Tavares began investing in her new found love of TV/film as an actor and director, appearing on Disney+(Turner&Hooch), the CW channel (Legends Of Tomorrow), Lifetime (Single and Ready to Jingle), Paramount+ (Rise Of The Pink Ladies), and a variety of TV Movies. As a director, Tavares tackles the light and fluffy, highlighting female hysteria in Misteria, assault and the #MeToo movement in theater/documentary hybrid Where Women Gather, and mental illness in the award-winning short film A Little Vacation. When she's not performing or directing, Tavares continues to work as a coach and mentor across North America and the UK.