Emily (Emi) Erickson is an an actor, music director, composer, and multi-instrumentalist local to the Washington, DC and New York City markets. She holds a BFA in Drama from New York University where she studied in the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Experimental Theatre Wing, and the Classical Studio. She holds an MFA in Classical Acting from The Academy at Shakespeare Theatre Company and George Washington University.

 

Recent acting credits include Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Arts Center of Coastal Caroline), People, Places & Things (Studio Theatre), Noises Off (Keegan Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing (Chesapeake Shakespeare), Man Covets Bird  (Spooky Action), Richard II  (Her Majesty & Sons), and  The Honey Trap (Solas Nua), for which she and her ensemble were nominated for a Helen Hayes Award.  Emily's strengths and passions lie in Shakespeare and classical work, musical theater, and new play development. (In other words: Throw her some verse, a brand-new character to create, or some strong mix/belt material and she's a happy camper.) Emily serves as the resident music director for Devil's Isle Shakespeare Co. and is a company member with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. 

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As an educator, Emi has worked at NYU, directly assisting Daniel Spector in the Classical Studio as well as serving as a Lecturer in the Department of Drama. She has also worked as an accompanist and teaching artist at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Atlantic Acting School, Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, and The Academy at STC. Currently, Emi works for Round House Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company in their education programming. She also runs a private voice and audition coaching business in DC and remotely.

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As a music director and composer, Emily has worked in many U.S. cities including New York, Houston, Detroit, Provincetown, DC, and Los Angeles. She has composed original music for dozens of new plays and Shakespeare productions alike and has written vocal arrangements for composers the likes of Alexander Sage Oyen, Mark Hollmann, and Aviva Jaye. Emi is currently working on two new full-length musicals Pentangle and The Sandfairy with writing partners Delaney Amatrudo and Jenna Hoffmann, respectively.