Artist Profile
Erika is a proud Founding Artist at Chance Theater alongside her husband, Executive Artistic Director, Oanh Nguyen. She is a graduate of the Fieldsone Foundation’s Emerging Leaders Group, a recipient of the Annie Anaheim Accolades Award for her service to the community, and was a member of the Anaheim Arts Council Board of Directors from 2007-2012 (where she served as president for two years.) Erika is a costume designer, actor, and Development Director at the Chance. She has costumed at East West Players, Chapman University, many productions for the Chance, and has been nominated for two Ovation Awards. As a performer, she has been privileged to perform with Peabo Bryson, Barry Manilow, Andre Previn, Yo-yo Ma, Doc Severinsen, Luther Vandross, among others. Favorite Chance acting credits: She Loves Me (LA Times Critic’s Choice), Little Women – The Broadway Musical (also remounted at La Mirada Theatre in 2013), The Laramie Project Cycle, Jerry Springer: The Opera (Ovation Award for Best Musical, LA Times Critic’s Choice), title role in Evita, Into the Woods (Back Stage Critic’s Pick and Garland Award Honorable Mention), Cabaret (Garland Award nominee: Best Actress), Closer Than Ever (LA Times Critic’s Choice), and Lee Miller: The Angel and The Fiend (OC Weekly Theater Award). After a 7-year acting hiatus raising twins, this past Spring 2022 Erika enjoyed reprising her 2015 role as Mrs. Clancy in Fancy Nancy the musical, returning to the stage as both an onstage AND real-life Mom!
