Erin Parker

Erin Parker is currently a member of the Resident Acting Company at the historical Barter Theatre where she has recently performed the roles of Doralee Rhodes in the regional premier of 9 to 5 the Musical and Randy in A Christmas Story. A Southern Illinois native, Erin holds a degree in Theatre from the University of Evansville with Associated Studies in Art & Music. She has most recently been a resident of Nashville, TN where she has worked with The Tennesse Rep, The Boiler Room Theatre, Improv Nashville, Chaffin’s Barn, The Nashville Ballet, Street Theatre, and is a founding member and the Artistic Director of MAS Nashville (www.masnashville.com) – a production company focused on the development & realization of theatrical ideas into performances.
Erin received the 2011 Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artists Fellowship Grant in Theatre and has performed around the US with many regional theatre companies including Metro Theatre Company, Tibbits Summer Theatre, Cortland Repertory Theatre, Beef & Boards, and at The New York Musical Theatre Festival in NYC
In addition to her many Barter Theatre credits, Erin’s favorite roles include Svetlana (Chess in Concert - 1st US production), May Ferris (Long Way Down - 1st Staged Reading at the Tennessee Repertory Theatre’s Ingram New Works Festival), Cathy (The Last 5 Years), Audrey (Little Shop), Louise (Always Patsy Cline), Roxy Hart (Chicago), Lucy (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown), Song of Solomon (That Other Woman’s Child), and the role of “Erin” which she created in the 1st National tour of Ring of Fire – The Music of Johnny Cash. Erin has also toured with CMA Award Winner and Grammy nominee Martina McBride’s “Joy of Christmas” Tour. Erin is a proud AEA member, and when not on the stage, she works as a seamstress, designer, and theatrical licensing agent.