Maenad Productions is a female run production company based in Austin, TX dedicated to telling compelling and unexpected stories from the female perspective.

Our films have screened at over 45 film festivals around the world and have won a number of awards including best Short film, best director & best actress.
Elizabeth Tabish is a multi-disciplinary artist and award-winning filmmaker local to Austin, TX. She writes, directs, performs and edits, focusing on emotionally and psychologically complicated characters as both a director and actress. She received her BA in Film Studies and MA in Theater from Oklahoma State University where she studied and analyzed both experimental and classic films through a psychoanalytic lens. Her work has landed her multiple directing and editing awards. She is the art director and co-owner of Austin Arthouse Film Festival and Editor in chief of arthouse quarterly. she continues to act,
most notably as mary magdalene
​in  The chosen.
Ashley James is an award winning actress and filmmaker based in Austin, TX. Her artistic endeavors encompass performance art, design, editing, writing, narrative and documentary film. She is known for her intimate approach to storytelling with projects conjuring highly-stylized, complex anti-heroine themes. She received her BFA from the Academy of Art University in Film Directing and studied Acting at the Mesiner Technique Studio in San Francisco. Her performance in Mother's Day has landed her a number of Best Actress awards and nominations. 
She also directs and produces commercial work through hack studios.
Janet Travis is an actress and award-winning writer based in Austin,  TX. A graduate of Texas A&M University, she spent many years teaching Spanish and Latin and raising her four children before deciding to turn her dream of acting, writing and producing into a reality.  Mother's Day was her first screenplay and has gone on to win several awards including Best Short Film as well as earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the prestigious Blow Up International Arthouse Film Festival. It continues to gain attention on the festival circuit. She currently has three additional short film screenplays and a feature screenplay in development. She can also be seen in Season One of Vindication,
​which airs on Amazon Prime.  ​

Giselle Marie Munoz
Born into a family of artists in Southern California, Giselle has spent her life sharing stories through dance, choreography, fashion, photography. theatre and more recently, as a producer. She has made a home in New York City where she studied and is currently settled in Austin, Texas with her own family of artists. She is forever a champion of the arts.
​Producer on: Musa Malvada,  The Darlings, To See You
A co-founder of maenad Films; Lindsey Lemke is an actress, writer, and producer. Lindsey Lemke  co-created Maenad Productions along with Elizabeth Tabish shortly after teaming together to co-collaborate on the story of Cecilia. It was decided with the idea of Maenad Productions to continue telling stories with strong female leads through the lens of classic vintage aesthetic. Her writing credits include The Darlings, and has a background in music as well. Lindsey Lemke has recently transferred to Los Angeles, CA where she continues to pursue her creative endeavors as an actress and filmmaker.
​Producer on: Cecilia, To See You, The Darlings

Lindsey Lemke