ERIKA BABINS
Director/Choreographer/Performer/Educator
Erika Babins
Erika is a CTC winning, Ovation nominated director, choreographer, performer, and educator working on unceded Coast Salish ancestral territory in Vancouver, BC.
As an Artistic Associate for Awkward Stage Productions, she directed a queer revamp of Jasper in Deadland, and choreographed the Pick-of-the-Fringe winning TITUS: The Light and Delightful Musical Comedy of Titus Andronicus, and Cry-Baby: The Musical.
She has been working with Arts Umbrella's Pre-Professional Theatre Troupe as a director and choreographer since 2012 as well as with several other Youth Theatre organizations including the Gateway Theatre Academy, Places des Arts, and The Chilliwack School for Performing Arts.
Resume
2010 - present
2010 - present
Selected Performance Credits
HOW TO ADULT: THE MUSICAL
THE IT GIRL
ALL'S FAIR PLAY
LOVELASH: THE MUSICAL
SHREK: THE MUSICAL
OKLAHOMA!
VICTOR/VICTORIA
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
THIS MIGHT FEEL LIKE HOME
MY AIM IS TRUE
DRACULA: THE MUSICAL?
SMILE: THE MUSICAL
CINDERELLA
THE HOBBIT
NINE
ANYTHING GOES
TOONROCK PARADE
TRAPPED IN THE MURPHY INN
Coffee & Screaming/ Eleanor Felton
Dramanatrix Productions/Nancy Von Euw
KalamaTea Productions/Nessa Aref
Entr’act Productions/Erik Gow/Emily Henney
Terrence Vince
Align Entertainment/Chad Matchette
Royal City Musical Theatre/Valerie Easton
Metro Theatre/Mark Carter/Ken Overby/Chris King
Gateway Theatre/Chris McGregor/Dawn Ewen
Allan Stiles
Star Star Theatre/Simone Brodie
Garbagebear Productions/Mika Laulainen
Awkward Stage Productions/Andy Toth
ASP/Cara Tench/Corwin Ferguson/Andy Toth
Exit 22/Gillian Barber/Kevin Michael Cripps
Shelley Stewart Hunt
Exit 22/Stuart Aikins
Pidedream Theatre/Mike Mackenzie
K.M.Cripps/Meagan Ekelund
Metro Theatre/Allison Schamberger/D Ewen
PRP/Jocelyn Peden
Gold Fever Follies/Kyle Collins
Imogen
Molly
Violet
Caroline/Dance Captain
Blind Mouse/Dance Captain
Dancer
Lead Dancer
New Postulant/Dancer
Samantha
Alison
Nelly Norton/Dance Cptn
Debralee
Grace/Dance Cptn
Kuroko Group
Annabella
Purity
Crazy Fan Dancer
Joan
Training
GRADUATE OF CAPILANO UNIVERSITY'S MUSICAL THEATRE PROGRAM
ACTING: Gillian Barber, Desmond Price, Bill Murdoch, Colin Legge
SINGING: Kevin Michael Cripps, Barb Tomasic, Sylvia Zaradic
DANCE- JAZZ/BALLET/TAP: Shelley Stewart Hunt, Keri Minty
FILM: P. Lynn Johnson, Jackson Davies
MUSIC THEORY & PIANO: Dr. Wendy Grant, Kevin Michael Cripps
MASTER CLASS/WORKSHOPS: Stuart Aikins, Nick Harrison, Troy McLaughlin, Michel Guimond, Melissa Leifer,
Robert McQueen, Colin Legge, Doug Abrahams
Special Skills
Ballet/Pointe Work (RAD Adv 1), Adv Jazz, Modern, Tap.
Cheerleading (Base/Third)
Can-Can Dancing, Intermediate Lifts and Partner Dances
Ukulele and Guitar
Fluent in French. Proficient Hebrew speaking. British, Irish, Hungarian and Southern accents.