Erin has always wanted to act. It's really all she's ever wanted to do (Well, and dance - but that's another story). In pursuit of that, Erin has been studying acting and performing since 1973 (gack, can it really be that long?).
She graduated with a B.A. from Bard College (in drama and choreography) and then lived the actor-ey life of a 20 something in NYC (cocktail waitress, temp, auditions, extra work on Law and Order, and lots of macaroni and cheese). Next, she traveled, worked with individuals with intellectual disabilities, married, renovated her house (talk about drama), raised 2 children, learned to walk two dogs at a time, AND braved Disney World in August and Harry Potter World at Christmas. In 2016, Erin, Noah Michael Levine, and Renea Mason won an Audie Award in the Erotica Category for Renea's 'Curing Doctor Vincent'.
She graduated with a B.A. from Bard College (in drama and choreography) and then lived the actor-ey life of a 20 something in NYC (cocktail waitress, temp, auditions, extra work on Law and Order, and lots of macaroni and cheese). Next, she traveled, worked with individuals with intellectual disabilities, married, renovated her house (talk about drama), raised 2 children, learned to walk two dogs at a time, AND braved Disney World in August and Harry Potter World at Christmas. In 2016, Erin, Noah Michael Levine, and Renea Mason won an Audie Award in the Erotica Category for Renea's 'Curing Doctor Vincent'.
Erin has fallen in love with the medium of audiobooks (both as a listener and a performer). What a great challenge for an actor - to play ALL the parts! She has also turned into a big old Shakespeare geek. Be careful asking her about anything Shakespeare related, you may get a very enthusiastic and long-winded response. She takes class with Red Bull Shakespeare and Shakespeare & Co. whenever she can and has studied Shakespearean Clowning with Zach Fine and Andy Grotelueschen from Fiasco Theater.
In 2010, Erin joined The Strange Bedfellows, a company of actors who perform Shakespeare in all of his bawdy, violent, funny, and tragic glory. The Bedfellows strive to make their audiences forget about that horrible experience they had in high school English class reading Willie. Instead of treating Shakespeare as some delicate, acquired taste, the Bedfellows romp, clown, fight with passion, and work to communicate the humanness in all of Shakespeare's characters. Roles with the Bedfellows include:
Her affinity for both Shakespearean tragedies (which include a fair share of comedy) and horror/thriller audiobooks perhaps comes from an experience she had at 9 years old. Her nephew Tim (who is two years older than she) was tasked with taking her to see the movie Cinderella. HE, however, had other plans. Instead, the two of them went to see Soylent Green. And the rest, as they say, is history.
In addition, Erin provides audio description services, as a writer, describer, narrator, director, and casting consultant. Audio description is a translation of visual images into auditory images inserted into pauses in the dialogue of a movie, play, show, opera etc. This concise and evocative additional "soundtrack" helps people with low or no vision to more fully access media and culture. She also casts/directs English language dubs and works as both a director and assistant director with the Children's Shakespeare Theatre (www.childrensshakespeare.org/).
Erin lives in Nyack, NY about 30 minutes outside of New York City, with 2 big and ill-behaved dogs. She loves to help others find their acting voice and to train people in how to write audio description (hit her up). She bristles when people in NYC knowingly say "Oh, you live upstate". For the record she can be in midtown in less time than it takes another person to get from Williamsburg to Grand Central. She is a suburban divorcee Superwoman and the West Side Highway is her cape!
In 2010, Erin joined The Strange Bedfellows, a company of actors who perform Shakespeare in all of his bawdy, violent, funny, and tragic glory. The Bedfellows strive to make their audiences forget about that horrible experience they had in high school English class reading Willie. Instead of treating Shakespeare as some delicate, acquired taste, the Bedfellows romp, clown, fight with passion, and work to communicate the humanness in all of Shakespeare's characters. Roles with the Bedfellows include:
- Queen Elizabeth in The Tragedy of Richard the Third
- Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors
- Goneril in King Lear
- Juno in The Tempest
- Isabella in Measure for Measure
- Olivia in Twelfth Night
- Mopsa in Winter's Tale
- Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Hero in Much Ado About Nothing
- Player in The Complete Works of Shakespeare, Abridged (not Shakespeare)
Her affinity for both Shakespearean tragedies (which include a fair share of comedy) and horror/thriller audiobooks perhaps comes from an experience she had at 9 years old. Her nephew Tim (who is two years older than she) was tasked with taking her to see the movie Cinderella. HE, however, had other plans. Instead, the two of them went to see Soylent Green. And the rest, as they say, is history.
In addition, Erin provides audio description services, as a writer, describer, narrator, director, and casting consultant. Audio description is a translation of visual images into auditory images inserted into pauses in the dialogue of a movie, play, show, opera etc. This concise and evocative additional "soundtrack" helps people with low or no vision to more fully access media and culture. She also casts/directs English language dubs and works as both a director and assistant director with the Children's Shakespeare Theatre (www.childrensshakespeare.org/).
Erin lives in Nyack, NY about 30 minutes outside of New York City, with 2 big and ill-behaved dogs. She loves to help others find their acting voice and to train people in how to write audio description (hit her up). She bristles when people in NYC knowingly say "Oh, you live upstate". For the record she can be in midtown in less time than it takes another person to get from Williamsburg to Grand Central. She is a suburban divorcee Superwoman and the West Side Highway is her cape!
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First Show, Princess and the Swineherd, 1973 Croton Shakespeare Festival, Children's Wing
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