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.