Erica is a proud member of Actors' Equity

Erica began auditioning for and accepting jobs in professional theatre in 2002, while in graduate school for Opera Performance, doing an intensive independent study on acting for the operatic stage. This began a shift into roles of all kinds, starting with the leading (and only) female role in the delicious three-person Polly Pen opera Bed and Sofa and leading to dramatic classic plays, operetta, commedia dell’arte, and world-premiere contemporary comedies. During this time, Erica decided to dive head first into professional acting, diverging from her original, strictly operatic career path. This was both the most terrifying and most satisfying decision of her life. She has worked with some of the most brilliant, generous, and creative directors over the years, including Wendy Dann, Joe Calarco, Rachel Lampert, Peter Flynn, Norm Johnson, Susannah Berryman, Kevin Crewell, Sam Buggeln, Beth Milles . . . The list goes on and on. And from each she has been able to absorb and learn a tremendous amount. She has had the privilege of helping to develop no fewer than nine world-premiere pieces, from electronica operas and comedic musicals to ensemble dramedies and incredible two-person feminist absurdist dramas.

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Imagine my Surprise

Erica premiered her one-woman cabaret Imagine My Surprise at the Hangar Theatre in 2012 and then reworked and revamped it for new audiences in 2017 at the Firehouse Stage in Binghamton, NY, and again for the Cherry Arts audiences in Ithaca.

​In New York City, she had the honor of being a part of the The Metropolis Opera Company’s world premiere electronica opera One Hot Kitchen.

Some of Erica's favorite theatre credits include:

• Her recent run of Into the Woods at the Hangar Theatre playing The Baker's Wife, a longtime dream role.
• Dana in the world premiere of Ever So Humble by Tim Pinckney at the Hangar Theatre (truly a life-changing and deeply humbling experience).
• Ludmilla in Polly Pen's stunning opera Bed and Sofa
• Melissa in the world premiere of The Drunken City by Adam Bock at the Kitchen Theatre Company.
• The Unfortunates, a one-woman play by prolific and award-winning playwright Aoise Stratford, featuring Erica portraying 18 characters.
• Bella in the gorgeous world premiere of What Happens Next by Saviana Stanescu at the Cherry.

Beyond the footlights, Erica can be seen in the web series Chanticleer and the short film Poker Face by award-winning filmmaker Becky Lane. Her voice can be heard all over the place on radio and TV spots, and you can listen to her voiceover demo here!

Erica is incredibly honored and excited to be a founding company member of The Cherry Artspace Collective. Please read more about it, and take a look at the amazing work happening in our beautiful space on Cherry Street in Ithaca.

Proud member of the Actors’ Equity Association.

Poker Face

The Drowsy Chaperone

RECENT CREDITS

• Into the Woods (Baker's Wife), Hangar Theatre
• Kinky Boots (Trish - Regional Premiere), Hangar Theatre
  
• George Kaplan (E, E', E''), Cherry Theatre Company
• What Happens Next (Bella), Cherry Theatre Company
• The Snow Queen (title role), Cherry Theatre Company
• White Rabbit Red Rabbit, Cherry Theatre Company
• Hand to God (Margery), Kitchen Theatre Company
• Stage Kiss (SHE), Cider Mill Playhouse

White Rabbit, Red Rabbit

OTHER NOTABLE CREDITS

• Precious Nonsense (Josephine)
• Bed No Breakfast (Chance)
• Tony and the Soprano (Frances, a role written expressly for Erica)
• Dario Fo’s We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay! (Margherita)
• Nora (Christine Linde)
• The Servant of Two Masters (Smeraldina)
• The Sound of Music (Sister Margaretta)
• Cats (Jellylorum)
• Beauty and the Beast (Mrs. Potts)
• An 8-person version of My Fair Lady
• The Drowsy Chaperone (Saucy Maid, Lady Reporter, etc.)
• Several Gilbert and Sullivan operatic ingenues

The Drowsy Chaperone

Tony and the Soprano

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