erin sheets
director, intimacy and movement director, producer, and organizer in Chicago with a hunger for new play development and a mission of deconstructing our capitalist theatrescape by building communities, not cliques. Erin’s directorial work gravitates towards dark humor and the unsettling boundaries between reality and fantasy. She is known for work centering explicit, bold, and feral women on the edge.
Erin is co-Artistic Director of Theatre L’Acadie. founded in 2019, Theatre L’Acadie is rooted in nurturing new and underproduced works in Chicago: How do you get people to talk about the ugly? Under Erin’s leadership, Theatre L’Acadie has produced multiple World Premieres, as well as new works development programs In Bloom (a development reading series) & Inc. (a new play incubator for directors and playwrights).
erin uplifts her love of theatre with a love of travel, hiking, gardening, yoga, and speaking mediocre french.
“A New Orleans couple awakens in the middle of the night to find their house filling with water. Seeking refuge in their attic, they grapple with the rising water and the life they have lived together. Caught between an attic of memories and a rooftop that reveals a sea of sunken houses and wailing sirens, the man and woman wait for rescue. (Rising Water was nominated for a 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, commissioned by the National New Play Network)”
Theatre L’Acadie -
Director
Chicago Premiere
Rising Water
“In Sean Graney’s The 4th Graders Present An Unnamed Love-Suicide, members of Johnny’s class take up his script and act out their own struggles with childhood bullying, body image, and the loss of innocence. The tragedy of Johnny’s death and his poetically troubling wishes for revenge make this provocative new play a poignant perspective on growing up, peer pressure, and self-worth.”
Bump In The Night - Intimacy & Violence Director
The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love-Suicide
UP NEXT
Kathy Hey, ThirdCoast Review, The Swan
“Erin Sheets directs this frenetic play keeping multiple threads of symbolism, mythology, and integrity sharp and electric as they weave through the play. I consider The Swan to be a paean to feminism […]”
Julia Rath, Around The Town Chicago, Grey Gardens
“Throughout the show, the audience is thrilled to excellent acting, powerful singing and dancing, enjoyable music, and exciting production numbers by the entire cast, which enliven a sad story about the tensions between a mother and daughter and their codependency. Erin Sheets’ direction is superb […]”