Emily (Emi) Erickson is an an actor, music director, composer, and multi-instrumentalist local to the Washington, DC and New York City markets. She currently serves as the Executive Director of Glass Canon Theatre Company in Washington, DC and on the theatre studies faculty of NYU Tisch in the Department of Drama. Emily 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 Once (NextStop Theatre), Apropos of Nothing (Keegan Theatre), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Arts Center of Coastal Caroline), People, Places & Things (Studio Theatre), Noises Off (Keegan Theatre - Helen Hayes Award for Best Ensemble), Much Ado About Nothing (Chesapeake Shakespeare), Man Covets Bird  (Spooky Action), Richard II  (Her Majesty & Sons), Muffed (Prologue Theatre), and The Honey Trap (Solas Nua - Helen Hayes Nomination for Best Ensemble.) 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 of Devil's Isle Shakespeare Co. and is a company member with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. 

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As an educator, Emi currently works on a by-semester basis at NYU as an Adjunct Professor of Theatre Studies. She previously worked under Daniel Spector as his assistant in the Classical Studio. She has also worked as an educator at the National Theater Institute, The Madeira School, Atlantic Theater Company, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Round House Theatre, Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, and Educational Theatre Company. She also runs a private voice and audition coaching business.

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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.