Erica Allen McGee

6620 Alexander Hall Drive/Charlotte, NC 28270/704-819-5298/ericaallenmcgee@hotmail.com/ericamcgee.com

Skills

I have over 30 years in the entertainment industry and over 15 years in arts education. I have created and overseen several community arts programs and directed many theatrical productions. I have arts managerial experience and a wide variety of genres that I have worked and performed in.

Playwriting Credits:

DeWitched

Two Act Musical

Reading, Charlotte NC/2018

Girls Raised in the South-GRITS: The Musical

Two Act Musical

Over 60 separate performances throughout the Southeast in NC, SC, TN, AL, VA, GA, & FL/Aug 2008- Apr 2018

Cinnamon GRITS: Christmas in the South

Two Act Musical

Over 40 separate performances throughout the Southeast in NC, SC, TN, AL, VA, GA, & FL/Aug 2010- Apr 2018

Cindabella: A Southern Fried Fairytale

One Act Children's Musical

Multiple performances throughout North Carolina/2013-2016

The Emperor's New 'Do

One Act Children's Musical

Playground Players, Elizabeth Lane Elementary, Matthews, NC/May 2014

No Room at the Holiday Inn, It's a Small Christmas World, Super Christmas

One Act Children's Christmas Play

Myers Park Baptist Church & Sharon Presbyterian Church Charlotte, NC/Dec 2014-2017

Picture Day: The Musical

One Act Children's Musical

Playground Players, Elizabeth Lane Elementary, Matthews, NC/March, 2016

Directing/Teaching Experience

Lanti Performing Arts, Indian Trail, NC/2019-2021

Vocal Instructor and playwriting summer camp creator and instructor for middle and high school students

Playground Players Director, Charlotte, NC/2010-2017

Created, managed and directed original musical theater afterschool for Elizabeth Lane Elementary.
(CMS school system)

Created, managed, and directed summer musical theater camps/2014-2017

Myers Park Baptist Church, Christmas Pageant Director, Charlotte, NC/ 2014-2017

Wrote and directed Christmas pageants for elementary and middle school students.

Carolina Kids Voices Director, Charlotte NC/2010-2014

Created children’s choral program for Carolina Voices organization. Managed and directed choirs for Singing Christmas Tree.

Created, managed and directed summer musical theater and choral camps.

Blumenthal Performing Arts Teaching Artist, Charlotte NC/2006-2008

Created an implemented in-school arts integration lesson plans into core curriculum through drama, songwriting and video technology for elementary school students.
(CMS school system)

Organizations:

Dramatist Guild Ambassador for North Carolina/2018-Present

Playwright Center Member/2018-Present

University of Tennessee Alumni Board Member

MSMU Alumni Organizer

Education:

BS in Communications from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

MFA in Creative Writing from Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles, California