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Ericka Lee Conklin

E-mail: ErickaLeeConklin@gmail.com

Skype: Ericka.Conklin

Citizenships: United States

Drivers License: Pennsylvania Class C 

Education
Other Training
Goldsmiths College; University of London 

MA Performance Making                 2014-2015

  • Graduated with Distinction

  • Instructors Include: Graeme Miller, Anna Furse 

  • Production Managed 72 Billionaires Final Festival

  • Courses Include : Devising, Contact Improvisation, Site Specifi Theatre, Scenography

Messiah College 

BA Theatre                                    2010-2014

  • Magna Cum Laude 

  • College Honors Program

  • Courses Include : Scenographic Techniques, Stage Management, Theatre for Social Change, Movement and the Actor, Voice and the Actor

Gaiety School of Acting; National Theatre School of Ireland
Studies in Irish Theatre                  January 2012 & 2014

  • Acting Coaches: Patrick Sutton, Dennis Conway

  • Voice Coach: Cathal Quinn

 

Goldsmiths College; University of London
Study Abroad Experience                Autumn 2012

  • Acting Coach: Steve Dykes

  • Courses: Acting in London, Contemporary Performance Analysis, Shakespeare’s London, and London Theatre 

Theatre Experience 
Stage Management 

72 Billionaires Festival             Production Manager              Miller Theatre

  • MA Performance Making Final Festival

  • 3 Day Festival with 11 new works 

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On The Verge                          Assistant Stage Manager        Miller Theatre

  • Dir. Valerie Smith

  • Stage Manager. Jessica Brigante (Nelson)

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Living Newspapers                  Stage Manager                       Black Box Series

  • Dir. Adrian Knight

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All Shook Up                            Assistant Stage Manager       Millbrook Playhouse

  • Dir. Jonathan Flom

  • Stage Manager. Emily Burst

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She Loves Me                          Assistant Stage Manager        Millbrook Playhouse

  • ​Stage Manager. Emily Burst

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You’re a Good Man                  Assistant Stage Manager        Millbrook Playhouse

Charlie Brown

  • Dir. Snehal Desai

  • Stage Manager. Emily Burst

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The 39 Steps                           Assistant Stage Manager        Millbrook Playhouse

  • Dir. Lawrence Lesher

  • Stage Manager. Emily Burst

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Pinocchio                                Stage Manager                       Millbrook Playhouse  

  • Dir. Edward Carnigan

  • This particular production was allotted two four hour rehearsals by the summer stock theatre, had a cast of five, and five runs over a five week period. There was a 1 hour run time.

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A Year With                             Stage Manager                       Miller Theatre

Frog and Toad

  • Dir. Valerie Smith

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J.B.                                          Stage Manager                       Poorman Black Box

Archibald Macleash

  • Dir. Valerie Smith

  • Recognized by Representatives by The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

Voice - Larry Carey 2010-2014; Sasha Piastro-Tedford 2009-2010

 

Dance - Gregg Hurley (Jazz and Modern) 2010, 2013; Marie Cleaves-Rothacker (Ballet) 2013

 

Entry Pass Stage Management Workshop and Shadowing Experience - The National Theatre, December 2012

 

Basic Water Rescue Certification - American Red Cross, 2013

 

Skills

-Microsoft Office, Photoshop

-Plate spinning

-Scarf juggling

-Dialects - British (BBC), French, Dublin

-Threading a Serger

-Cross stitch, basic knitting 

-Pattern Drafting

-Pouring the perfect pint -Trained at St. Jame's Gate 

 

 

Conferences

People to People Global Youth Forum - Chicago 2007, Denver 2008, Washington DC 2009

 

National Young Leaders Conference - Spring 2008

 

Presidential Youth Innaugural Conference - January 2009

 

TheatreCraft - Autumn 2012 and 2015

 

Annual Meeting of the Susquehanna (Central Pennsylvania) Conference of The United Methodist Church - Voting Member 2007-2011

2010 - present

2010 - present

Design 

Journey to the West                Props Designer                      Miller Theatre 

  • 2014

  • Dir. Clair Myers 

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Totus Mundos                         Set Designer                          Poorman Black Box Theatre

  • Designing a set that serves three totally seperate plays; Sunset, Devine, and Heartland 

  • In Progress (2014)

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The Secret Garden                   Stitcher                                 Black Box Series

  • Dir.  Bethany Miller

  • Designer. Elizabeth Angelozzi

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On The Verge                          Stitcher                                  Miller Theatre

  • Dir. Valerie Smith

  • Designer. Lisa Liebetrau

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Letters from War;                    Co-Costume Designer            Black Box Series

Letters from Home

  • Gabriella Saramago                      

  • W. Kaylee Schoefield

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Carousel                                  Stitcher                                 Miller Theatre

  • Dir. Ed Cohn

  • Designer. Sarah Bertolozzi

  • For this production, I constructed ten skirts and dyed ten blouses along with one other student over three weeks.

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Twelfth Night                          Assistant Designer                 Miller Theatre

  • Dir. Jim Knipple

  • Designer. Sarah Bertolozzi

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Little Women                          Stitcher                                 Black Box Series

  • Dir. Elizabeth Angelozzi

  • Desigher. Sarah Palmer

  • Most notably, constructed Meg’s costume in its entirety based on Palmer’s patterns and instructions. Also aided in construction of other pieces for the production.

  • Learned how to create button holes

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Last Night of Balyhoo              Stitcher                                 Miller Theatre

  • Dir. John Liebetrau

  • Designer. Lisa Liebetrau

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Mr. Bundy                               Costume Designer                  Black Box Series

  • Dir. Sarah Scafidi

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The Fantasticks                       Costume Designer                  Poorman Black Box

  • Dir. Ed Cohn

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A Midsummer Night’s              Costume Designer                 Orangemite Studios

Dream                                                                       

  • Dir. Emilie Thornton

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Journey to the West                Stitcher                                 Miller Theatre

  • Dir. Clair Myers

  • Designer. Amanda Owens

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Acting  

The Gospel of Mark                   Ensemble                              Messiah College 

  • Dir. Valerie Smith

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Little Women                           Meg March                             Black Box Series          

  • Dir. Elizabeth Angelozzi

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Velma Gratch                            Fiona Gratch /Ensemble         Millbrook Playhouse

and the Way Cool Butterfly                                                    

  • Dir. Edward Carnigan

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Antigone                                  Teiresias                                Miller Theatre          

  • Dir. Kristopher Yoder

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Love’s Labours Lost                  Boyetta/Dull                          Orangemite Studios       

  • Dir. William Wolfgang 

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream    Titania                                   Orangemite Studios    

  • Dir. Emilie Thornton

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Seven Jewish Children              Ensemble/Palestinian            Rogue Theatre Festival 

  • Dir. Gabriella Saramago

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Heart of the Art                        The Muse                               Rogue Theatre Festival

  • Dir. Kahlie DeHotman

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Fireside                                    Erin                                       Poorman Black Box

  • Self-directed and designed

  • Devised from the Ulster Cycle 

  • Senior Thesis Project at Messiah College

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Witch Academy                         Professor Blaire Batwing       Coca Cola London Eye

  • Special Halloween Event

  • Self Directed by the Company and partially improvised

 

Selki                                                                                      Writer

  • Rogue Theatre Festival

  • 15 minute dramatic scene for three (two female and one male) actors.

  • Adapted from an original, non-published work of fiction

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The Building                                                                          Writer

  • Rogue Theatre Festival

  • 10 minute satirical scene for three actors of ambiguous gender.

  • Written as a satire when The Climenhaga Fine Arts Center was renamed The Climenhaga Building in order to make space for The High Center for Worship and the Performing Arts.

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Director Drama                                                                      Writer

  • Rogue Theatre Festival

  • 15 minute comic scene for seven actors (two of which must be male)

  • A ficticitious scenario between Constantine Stanislovski and Anton Chekov during a rehearsal for the Cherry Orchard in which they must both move past their own egos to discover what is funny

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Never Again                                                                           Writer

  • An unpreformed work in progress.

  • 1 Act for 3 actresses

  • Inspired by the struggle to understand the holocaust

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Foktalkes                                                                               Adapted

  • 15 minute dramatic scene for four (three male and one female) actors

  • Adapted from unpublished novel by Rachel Mazza

  • The woman in Folkales was originally written as a man but changed to a woman for the script. 

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Fireside                                                                                 Devised/Developed

  • 1 hour piece 

  • Devised from the Ulster Cycle 

  • Senior Thesis Project at Messiah College

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Peter Pan                                                                              Adapted

  • Script cutting/adapting for a contemporary audience and lyric writing

  • A new, 1 hour adaptation of Peter Pan

  • Music by Ethan Eldred 

Writing
Directing

 

Hello Kitty’s Got Claws             Director                                  Rogue Theatre Festival 

  • 2011

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Condemner Heres Elms            Director                                  Rogue Theatre Festival 

  • 2013

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Director Drama                         Director                                 Rogue Theatre Festival 

  • 2013

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Open Set                                  Director                                 Poorman Black Box

  • Compiled By. Bethany Brown and Desirae Mausteller                 

  • Two Woman play of approximately 45 minutes

  • A collection of prewritten scenes both from existing plays and internet sources, compiled by the two performers.

  • A piece with the sense of a late night comedy show. 

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Journey to the West                 Assistant Director                  Miller Theatre 

  • 2014

  • Director - Clair Myers 

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Peter Pan                                 Director                                 East Main St. UMC

  • 2014

  • A new, 1 hour adaptation of Peter Pan with music by Ethan Eldred

  • Put on as a 1 week camp for ages 6-16

 

 

The Miracle Worker                   Animal Wrangler                    Miller Theatre

  • Dir. Valerie Smith

Seussical Jr.                              Camp Counselor                     Millbrook Playhouse   

  • Dir. Mark De La Concha

Blood from a Turnip                 Ensemble                               Messiah College

  • Devised Theatre

  • Served as the class project for Theatre for Social Change

  • Focused on the respective issues found in education in both rural and urban settings.

  • Conducted interviews both in person and via email and phone. Particularly notable would be traveling to one of the most impoverished and rural areas of Pennsylvania to interview students and teachers.

  • The text was derived directly from these interviews.

  • Performed by the class at the culmination of the semester. 

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Other Theatre Experience
Relevant Work experience
Messiah College Department of Theatre and Dance
Adjunct Professor                             2016-2017
Millbrook Playhouse                       
Stage Manager                                    2018
 

 

  • David Leidholdt – Artistic Director

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  • Tymberly Whitesel 

Coca Cola London Eye 
River Guide/Host/Witch Academy          2015

  • Sophie Reagan

  • I had the priveledge of regularly providing tours along the river thames. I endeavored to make them informative but also entertaining and at times even funny.  I had to quickly make myself familiar with a general script about London but was able to improvise where necesary. I also had to ensure all guests adhered to safety rules. Also provided Private tours on the London Eye and most excitingly had an acting job during the Halloween event 'Witch Academy' where I played Professor Blaire Batwing and taught children about the history of London and Magic.  

  • Gary Petit 2010-2012; Melissa Mendez 2012-2013

  • A work study program with students employed by the department to provide support for the scenic, and costume designers. I worked primarily in the costume shop where my responsibilities included keeping the shop clean, laundry, costume construction, organization and dying. In the scene shop, we were responsible for keeping the work environment safe. I am trained to use a jig saw, table saw, chop saw, drill, nail gun, and other power tools. 

Messiah College Department of Theatre and Dance; Costume and Scene Shop
Stitcher/Carpenter                               2010-2014

  • Tara S. Jankouskas

  • I portrayed three different mental illnesses for Nursing students so that they could have an opportunity to experience what it was like to identify and treat such patients in a completely safe environment. I had to research Manic Depression, Schizophrenia, and Manipulative Behavior Disorders prior to the class sessions and then I worked with the students along with Professor Jankouskas on an individual basis. 

 

Messiah College Department of Nursing
Standardized Patient                           2011
 

 

  • Teresa Pond – Artistic Director, Emily Burst – Stage Manager

  • I provided support to the Main Stage Stage Manager for the duration of the summer 2012 season. This included drawing up prop tracking sheets and acting as an actor wrangler in some situations. As Assistant Stage Manager, I also Stage Managed a show in our Theatre for Young Audiences Series, and performed in the other piece in that series.  Additionally, I was a camp counselor for the annual theatre summer camp. 

Millbrook Playhouse                       
Assistant Stage Manager                     2012
 
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