This document is Erin McBride Africa's resume. It summarizes her experience directing over 15 plays, assistant directing 6 plays, choreographing dances for 3 plays, and producing over 10 plays. Erin has an MFA in directing from UC Irvine and a BA in theatre arts from Cal State Northridge. She has trained in various acting and directing techniques.

1. Erin McBride Africa Director
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818-970-2820 erin.africa@yahoo.com
www.erinmcbrideafrica.com
DIRECTING
Abstract Expression by Theresa Rebeck University of California, Irvine
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (scenes) Pegasus School, Huntington Beach, CA
Asterisk by Erik Ehn World Premiere Weekend, Irvine, CA
The Emily Project by Erin McBride Africa & Company World Premiere Weekend, Irvine, CA
Two Rooms by Lee Blessing University of California, Irvine
BFE by Julia Cho University of California, Irvine
Still Life with Iris by Steven Dietz University of California, Irvine
29/12 by Annette Lee (world premiere - staged reading) Upper Reaches Theatre, Long Beach, CA
As it is in Heaven by Arlene Hutton University of California, Irvine
Desdemona, a Play about a Handkerchief by Paula Vogel University of California, Irvine
29 Things To Do on a Rainy Day SOB Theatre Co, Hollywood, CA
ensemble-created “(re)making project” adapted from
Charles Mee’s bobrauschenburgamerica
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare SOB Theatre Co, Hollywood, CA
Veronika Decides to Die original adaptation by Erin McBride Africa SOB Theatre Co, Hollywood, CA
from Paulo Coelho’s novel
Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread by David Ives California State University, Northridge
The Boy Friend by Sandy Wilson Taconic High School, Pittsfield, MA
The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco Berkshire Comm. College, Pittsfield, MA
The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert & Sullivan Taconic High School, Pittsfield, MA
ASSISTANT DIRECTING
You, Nero by Amy Freed (World Premiere) South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA
Assistant to Sharon Ott
Othello by William Shakespeare Utah Shakespearean Festival
Assistant to J.R. Sullivan
Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Utah Shakespearean Festival
& Joseph Stein; Assistant to Jim Christian
The Other Shore by Gao Xingjian SOB Theatre Co, Hollywood, CA
Assistant to Jeffrey Weinckowski
Edge of the World Theatre Festival
BackStage West Pick of the Week
A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim & Hugh Wheeler South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA
Assistant to Stefan Novinski
Sunday in the Park with George by Sondheim & Lapine University of California, Irvine
Assistant to Eli Simon
Cymbeline by William Shakespeare; Assistant to Linda deVries California State University, Northridge
CHOREOGRAPHY
The Other Shore by Gao Xingjian SOB Theatre Co, Hollywood, CA
tango, abstract mannequin dance
Oedipus the King by Sophocles SOB Theatre Co, Hollywood, CA
vaudeville style chorus, soft shoe
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Taconic High School, Pittsfield, MA
courtesans solos
Ye Olde Madrigal Feast Taconic High School, Pittsfield, MA
Elizabethan Pavane

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818-970-2820 erin.africa@yahoo.com
www.erinmcbrideafrica.com
PRODUCING
• Founding member of the SOB Theatre Company of Hollywood, CA
• Producer/Production Manager for all SOB Theatre Company productions listed above as well as productions
by Tres Chingasos Theatre Collective and the CSUN Theatre Guild (student organization) including:
Lumbre by Joe Luis Cedillo Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica
Textbooks & Fences/El Colonel by Joe Luis Cedillo Tres Chingasos Theatre Collective, Sylmar, CA
69 Portraits of Che by Joe Luis Cedillo Tres Chingasos Theatre Collective, Sylmar, CA
Mother Courage by Bertolt Brecht SOB Theatre Co, Hollywood, CA
Un-American Activities by Jeff Wienckowski SOB Theatre Co, Hollywood, CA
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett SOB Theatre Co., North Hollywood, CA
Acts of Diversity (Festival of Plays – Honors Thesis Project) Theatre Guild, CSUN
Golden Child by David Henry Hwang Theatre Guild, CSUN
The Race of Life by Fernando Orozco Theatre Guild, CSUN
Hell’s Kitchen by Jeffrey Weinckowski Theatre Guild, CSUN
All In the Timing by David Ives Theatre Guild, CSUN
The Sound of a Voice by David Henry Hwang Theatre Guild, CSUN
EDUCATION & TRAINING
• MFA in DIRECTING, 2009
University Of California, Irvine (UCI)
• BA in THEATRE ARTS, 2000 - HONORS
California State University, Northridge (CSUN)
Acting, Directing, Voice/Speech, Movement, Costume Design, Puppet Design & Construction, Musical Theatre
• SITI in LA
SITI Company - Suzuki & Viewpoints training led by SITI members Ellen Lauren, J. Ed Araiza, & Stephen
Webber
• Cornerstone Institute Intensive & Community Based Theater course
UCI - Training in Cornerstone Theater Company's collaborative community-based methodology culminating in
the creation of community-specific productions taught by Bill Rauch, Paula Donnelly, & Laurie Woolery
• BEIJING OPERA WORKSHOP
CSUN - Classical Chinese Movement & Voice taught by Professor Fan Yi Song
• SHAKESPEARE & YOUNG COMPANY
Shakespeare & Company, Lenox, MA - Linklater Voice, Shakespearean Text, Movement, Elizabethan Dance,
Stage Combat
Performance & Technical Experience available upon request