Erin Sheets (she/her) is an all-things-theatre maker and director from New Orleans. She is the co-Artistic Director of Chicago’s Theatre L’Acadie, where she has directed recent shows such as Things That Are Round, 70 Scenes of Halloween, and the world premiere of Today Tonight Soon, a site-specific play performed on the water’s edge at Loyola Beach. Other recent directorial projects include Grey Gardens The Musical (Big Noise Theatre), Recess (Pocket VR), and Right Now (Facility Theatre, Intimacy Director). In 2023, she Assistant Directed the highly acclaimed world premiere of Motherhouse with Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. When not making theatre, Erin likes to complain about not making enough theatre.

(Selected Chicago Credits)

UPCOMING

BOTTLEFLY by Jaqueline Goldfinger (Intimacy Director /World Premiere) | Redtwist Theatre | Dir. Eileen Dixon

PILOT ISLAND by Kayla Belec Roseen (Intimacy Director /World Premiere) | Imposters Theatre| Dir. Stefan Roseen

DESERTED by Melanie Coffey (Development Workshop) | Artemesia Theatre

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THE SWAN by Elizabeth Egloff | Theatre L’Acadie

BEYOND THE GARDEN GATE by Mallory Swisher (Intimacy Director /World Premiere) | Imposters Theater | Dir. Stefan Roseen

THE DELIVERY by Charlotte Jung (Intimacy Director) | Trap Door Theatre | Dir. Spencer Diedrick

GREY GARDENS by Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel | Big Noise Theatre

RECESS by Mikayla de Guzman (Staged Reading) | Pocket VR Theatre

RIGHT NOW by Catherine Anne Toupin (Intimacy Director / Chicago Premiere) | Facility Theatre | Dir. Dado

TODAY TONIGHT SOON by Melanie Coffey (World Premiere)| Theatre L’Acadie

MOTHERHOUSE by Tuckie White (Assistant Director / World Premiere)| Rivendell Theatre Ensemble| Dir. Azar Kazemi

IF THIS IS THE END by Melanie Coffey (Intimacy Director / World Premiere) | Theatre L’Acadie | Dir. Brandii Champagne

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THINGS THAT ARE ROUND by Callie Kimball (Chicago Premiere)| Theatre L’Acadie

NOT AS I DO by Therese Harrold (Workshop Production) | Possibilities Theatre Co.

70 SCENES OF HALLOWEEN by Jeffrey M Jones | Theatre L’Acadie

Contact me.

erinesheets@gmail.com
theatrelacadie@gmail.com