[vc_row gap=”35″ css=”.vc_custom_1490985874744{padding-top: 3% !important;padding-bottom: 3% !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”685″ img_size=”full”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Teaching Artist” main_heading_color=”#43454c” sub_heading_color=”#43454c” alignment=”left” spacer=”line_only” line_height=”1″ line_color=”#43454c” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:3%;” spacer_margin=”margin-top:9%;margin-bottom:9%;”]Since 2010[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Erin Leigh Crites is an international theatre artist, educator, and purveyor of make believe. In the past two years, Erin has traveled extensively to explore the global community and create bonds through theatrical play. She performed in the debut production of The Christians at Actors Theatre of Louisville and after it’s critical success, joined the cast to perform again at the Mark Taper Forum in LA. She originated a role in Nobel Prize-Winner Dario Fo’s newest, unpublished play, La Storia di Qu for the International Milan Expo, performed in Kenya and Nicaragua as an ensemble member of Clowns Without Borders, and danced in Bourbon Baroque’s Dido and Aeneas at the Kentucky Center for the Arts.
Before moving to LA, Erin was the Director of Graduate Studies and Head of Movement for the Master of Fine Arts program in Acting at the University of Louisville, KY. She also directed Improvaganda!, HINT! A Masked Murder Mystery, The Man Who Knows, and Commedia Canon! in collaboration with University of Louisville, Theatre 502, and Savage Rose Classical Theatre, respectively. She has a passion for travel and creating community, often through theatrical endeavors.
She holds an MFA in physically based ensemble theatre from the Dell’ Arte International School of Physical Theatre. Currently she splits her time between Los Angeles and Idyllwild as a full-time instructor in the theatre department at the international boarding school, Idyllwild Arts Academy, and co-founder/ensemble performer with Fiasco! Physical Theatre in LA.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1497901568207{margin-top: 3% !important;margin-bottom: 3% !important;}”]Bio as of 2017[/vc_column_text][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Education” main_heading_color=”#43454c” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:24px;tablet:24px;tablet_portrait:24px;mobile_landscape:22px;mobile:20px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:34px;tablet:34px;tablet_portrait:34px;mobile_landscape:32px;mobile:30px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:3%;”][/ultimate_heading][vc_column_text]MFA Physically Based Ensemble Theatre, Dell’ Arte International School of Physical Theatre (2010)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
