Highlights...
(Click on the "News" section for full list)

Hairspray - Erika is thrilled to announce that she will be playing the hilarious and conniving Velma von Tussle in the musical Hairspray at Tuacahn Center for the Arts in beautiful Southwest Utah this summer/fall. The show runs June 2 - October 20, 2012. Click here for info and tickets.



ASCAP/Dreamworks Musical Theatre Workshop - Erika will be playing several characters in Dora: Fragment of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria - one of only 4 new musicals selected for this prestigious event, hosted by world-famous musical theatre composer, Stephen Schwartz. The piece, by Larry Bortniker, is based on the early work of Sigmund Freud and will be presented on March 29th at Ripley-Grier Studios in NYC. Click here for more info.



Broadway Sings for Pride - Erika is pleased to be associated with this organization, which brings together performers from Broadway, Off-Broadway and National Tours to sing in support of gay pride. The most recent concert was at the GLBT Expo at the Javits Center on March 18th. Click here to read the blurb on Playbill or here and here for video clips!



Signs Of Life - the musical in which Erika made her Off-Broadway debut in 2010 - is currently being workshopped for a possible Broadway run. Erika is thrilled to have been asked to reprise her role as "Berta" both in the upcoming backers' reading in NYC and in a forthcoming run in Illinois.



Erika is very excited to announce the release of her new holiday CD:
A Merry Little Christmas. Click here for clips or to order. (Hey, it's never to early to order for next year!)



Speaking of Christmas, Erika spent the 2011 Holiday Season singing throughout the NY/NJ area as a part of the Definitely Dickens Holiday Carolers. Please visit www.definitelydickens.com for more info.



Erika had a ball playing "Harriet" in Cole Porter's 1928 musical comedy Paris at the Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble in NYC. The show ran Sept 16th through October 3rd. For more info, please visit http://medicineshowtheatre.org/



Erika recently closed her latest Off-Broadway production: she played "Cleopatra" in the new muscial, The Sphinx Winx, at the Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row, May 3 - June 19, 2011. Check out the
Official Website for pics, info, and details!

Erika joined Broadway's Tituss Burgess to perform a benefit concert for Astoria Performing Arts Center on 3/24. She sang "Serenity" from Triumph Of Love - which was the very first show she did after moving to NY in 2008...at APAC!


Last fall, Erika got to play a role she'd wanted to tackle for some time: the long-suffering "Edna" in Clifford Odets' masterpicece, Waiting For Lefty. The production ran at the Producers Club in Manhattan from 11/12/10 - 11/18/10.


Erika had an absolute blast playing the evil "Cruella DeVil" in the musical spectacular Villains Victory Party at the Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, CA on 10/28/10.


Erika was excited to play blind widwife "Rivka" in the workshop/reading/backers' audition of the new musical, Mary the Magdalene, in NYC in early August, 2010. Click here for more info.



Erika recently returned from Wisconsin, where she played the glamorous Fairy Godmother in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella. The show ran 5/6/10 - 6/27/10 at the Fireside Theatre. Click here for more info.


Upright Citizens Brigade debut! Erika had a blast in the sketch comedy musical, The Adventures Of Trixie Tickles by Shawn Northrip. She played the Announcer/Teacher/Snickers (the dog) provided some serious percussion on April 15th, 2010.


Off-Broadway debut! Erika was honored to play "Berta" in the world-premiere musical, Signs Of Life, which ran 2/16 - 3/21 at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre in NYC. Please visit www.amasmusical.org for more info.

Erika's first solo jazz CD, Come Rain Or Come Shine, is available exclusively through this site. Click here for more info, song clips, and easy ordering through PayPal.

Erika's NY debut was a huge success! She played "Hesione" in the musical Triumph Of Love to rave reviews at the Astoria Performing Arts Center from April 25 through May 11, 2008. Click here for more info.

Erika was nominated for the prestigious L.A. Ovation Award (Featured Actress in a Musical) for her role in Sleeping Beauty Wakes. Although she didn't go home with the statuette, she is still thrilled to have been nominated! Click here for more info and a complete list of nominees.