Ella Louise Allaire

Original Concept Creative Direction Book, Music & Lyrics

Ella Louise Allaire is an award-winning show creator, composer, librettist, lyricist, and producer with over 20 years of experience creating large-scale productions for international audiences. She co-created the original concept, book, music, and lyrics for Ice Age Live! A Mammoth Adventure, an international arena production presented in 48 countries, translated into 12 languages, and grossing over $100 million. She also co-created the original concept, book, music, and lyrics for Scooby-Doo! and the Lost City of Gold, an award-winning, large-scale family musical that toured North America and was presented at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Her recent work includes creating and producing All Systems Are Go!, an award-winning immersive experience developed for NASA, featuring the beloved Peanuts characters to introduce family audiences to the Artemis missions. The attraction ran for two years at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Her collaboration with Cirque du Soleil includes several iconic productions, notably ZED, for which she served as music producer and guest composer, while also contributing to the creation of invented languages. She wrote lyrics and vocal arrangements for KÀ, whose acclaimed soundtrack earned recognition from TIME magazine and spent over 56 weeks on the Billboard charts. She also wrote "Rinalto Vera" for Alegría and contributed to the musical composition of the feature film Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away, co-produced by James Cameron. Ella Louise is the recipient of four Gold Stevie® Awards, including Creative Executive of the Year, as well as honors recognizing her creative work on All Systems Are Go! and Scooby-Doo! and the Lost City of Gold.