A BRIEF HISTORY

Emily (Emi) Erickson is an an actor, music director, composer, and multi-instrumentalist new to the Washington, DC area after nearly a decade in New York. 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 and an MFA in Classical Acting from the ACA at Shakespeare Theatre Company and George Washington University. Recent acting credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Chesapeake Shakespeare), Man Covets Bird  (Spooky Action), Fantastagirl and the Math Monster (Adventure Theatre), Richard II  (Her Majesty & Sons), Julius Caesar  (Brutus, ACA), and  Working: A Musical  (@workingindc). 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.)

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As a theatre educator, Emi has worked at NYU, directly assisting Daniel Spector in the Classical Studio 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, and A Class Act New York. Currently, Emi works for Round House Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company in their education programming. She runs a private voice and audition coaching business in DC and remotely. During the pandemic, Emily built this studio out to include a popular series (ON VOICE) of group voice classes in both speaking and singing.

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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, Aviva Jaye, and more. Emi is currently working on two full-length musicals Pentangle and The Sandfairy with writing partners Delaney Amatrudo and Jenna Hoffmann, respectively. 

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