erin sheets
Erin directs. She is an intimacy, fight, & movement director, producer, and, most importantly, an organizer. Erin has carved her path in Chicago Theatre with an insatiable hunger for new play development and a mission of deconstructing our capitalist theatrescape by building communities, not cliques. Erin is known for her work centering explicit, bold, and feral women on the edge. She believes in stories that challenge us to support women’s rights and women’s wrongs.
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? Erin is also an Executive Producer for Pocket Theatrics, whose focus is on cultivating a healthy theatre ecosystem for Chicago storefront theatre and beyond.
During the day, Erin is the Center for the Arts Manager for Lycée Chicago, where she acts as Managing Director of a multi-disciplinary Arts Venue, curating performances and exhibitions for local and international artists in support of Chicago’s International French School.
Erin uplifts her love of theatre with a love of travel, hiking, gardening, yoga, and speaking mediocre French.
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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 […]”