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Erica Kahn is a San Diego-based director and choreographer with a passion for musical theatre and new work. She holds a BA in Theatre with honors in directing and a BA in Dance from UCSD. Erica believes strongly in advocating for the importance of the arts and hopes to increase awareness and appreciation for the arts throughout her career. She also runs a volunteer youth theatre group she co-founded, called Scripps Onstage, that aims to educate and provide opportunities for students to get involved in the arts and produce original works. Erica is drawn to ensemble-based work and her strength lies in storytelling through movement, whether that be in a production with music or not. 

Recent credits include American Idiot (Co-Director/Co-Choreographer, Muir Musical), New Directions (Awaken) (Choreographer, UCSD Theatre & Dance), Newsies (Choreographer, Scripps Theatre Arts), and Dracula: the Journal of Jonathan Harker (Director, Trinity Theatre Company). Erica also held positions in two student organizations for the 2021-2022 school year, Education and Outreach Director for Company 157, an organization dedicated to new student work, and Co-Artistic Director of Muir Musical, the only student organization on campus that does musical theatre.