Erica Hoelscher, MFA

Department of Theatre

Education

Erica Hoelscher is a Professor of Theatre in the Department of Theatre, where she has been a member of the faculty since 1995. Erica served as University Ombuds, department chair, and as a member of many university and college committees. As a freelance designer, Erica has been recognized for envisioning costumes and scenery for various theatres in Philadelphia, NY, and Chicago. She is the Associate Artistic Director and a member of the board for the Idiopathic Ridiciulopathy Consortium, a Philadelphia theatre company specializing in Absurdism. Currently, Erica is the associate producer for the IRC’s Into the Absurd: An Existential Dinner Conversation presented weekly during the pandemic on zoom and social media. Representative scenic and costumes for the IRC include Anouilh’s Time Remembered, Giraudoux’ The Enchanted, Ionesco’s Rhinoceros, Exit the King, and The Bald Soprano. Erica designed costumes for Detroit ’67 and Spunk with the Kaleidoscope Cultural Arts Collective, and The America Play, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, and A New Brain at Plays and Players Theatre, Philadelphia. Erica teaches courses in apparel design, makeup design, costume technology, theatre history, and history of fashion, and has designed over fifty productions at Lehigh University. Erica received her MFA in stage design from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. www.ericahoelscher.com

To contact Erica Hoelscher, call 610.758.3637 or email ebh2@lehigh.edu

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