Regional: Here There Are Blueberries (Shakespeare Theatre Company); Tiny Beautiful Things (Baltimore Center Stage); Confederates and The Cymbeline Project (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); In Darfur (Theater J); An Octoroon, Lenny & Lou and Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company); Crying On Television, Queens Girl in Africa and The Soul Collector (Everyman Theater); Fences (Ford’s Theater); Book Club Play and Pippin (Round House Theatre); The Father (Studio Theater); The Bluest Eye (Theater Alliance); Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! The Musical!, Knuffle Bunny, OLIVERrio and Barrio Grrrl! (The Kennedy Center); Clybourne Park (Pioneer Theater Company); Looking for Roberto Clemente and Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters (Imagination Stage). Erika studied at the University of Maryland, College Park, LAMDA and Labyrinth Theater Company. Awards: Helen Hayes Award winner for Outstanding Lead Actress for In Darfur, directed by Derek Goldman and Queens Girl in Africa, directed by Paige Hernandez.
At a time characterized by polarization and distrust, the need for approaches that humanize others through narrative and empathy has never been greater. The Lab is dependent on outside funding in order to make our work possible.
