Robin A. Eriksen - stage director

NOR: (+47) 938 66 842 Email: robinae.stage@gmail.com

US: (+1) 917-514-5609 Website: robinaeriksen.com

Director Plays The Bacchae Euripides Miller Theatre Summertime Charles L. Mee Columbia Stages Macbeth (A.D) Brian Kulick The Old Globe The High Cost of Loving Frank Mandel Columbia University Platonov Chekhov/Eriksen Columbia University The Legend of Captain Flint Humlekjær Madam Pysj Love (awkwardly) Rotondo/Carolan DMS/Det Norske Teatret Peer Gynt & «Hidden Love» Ibsen/Eriksen DMS As it is in heaven Justin D’Addato The Wings Theater

Musicals Baals to the Walls devised Columbia University Tordenskiold Thøgersen/Hermansen Fredrikstad Kultur Beauty and the Beast (A.D.) Menken/Ashman/Rice Christiania Theater Annie (A.D.) Meehan/Strouse/Charnin SceneKvelder Oliver! (A.D.) Lionel Bart Oslo Nye Teater Karlsson on the Roof (A.D.) Astrid Lindgren Oslo Nye Teater Hair MacDermot/Rado/Ragni Greåker VGS.

Opera Ariadne auf Naxos (A.D.) Strauss/Hofmannsthal Arctic Symphony and Opera

Other Ein deutsches Requiem J. Brahms Østfold Symphony Hakkebakkeskogen Egner/Kirkeby-Garstad Dyreparken Kristiansand

Actor

Plays Mortal Coil One man show Lester T. Shane Regional Tour (NOR) Measure for Measure Angelo Sheila Bandyopadhyay Gallatin Lake of the Dead Bjørn Werner Catrine Telle Oslo Nye Teater Fool for Love Eddie Pål Øverland Speilet Caught in the Net Gavin Nils Vogt Edderkoppen Rabbit Hole Howie Barbara Rubin AADA Triumph of Love Hermocrate Zenon Kruszelnicki AADA Hakkebakkeskogen Baker Bunny J. Kirkeby-Garstad Dyreparken

Musicals Jeppe Lakei O.H. Lundberg National Tour (NOR) Soonsspillet Nils Kjær Håkon Qviller Son Teaterselskab Cirkus at the Sorensens’ Thorvaldsen Dag Vågsås Båthusteatret Værstekællær Paul O.H. Lundberg Blå Grotte NisseNatt T. Bastiansen A. Hermansen NisseNatt-Huset

Other Ein deutsches Requiem The Clown J. Brahms Østfold Symphony Summer by the Fjord multiple Hege Rohde Son Teaterselskab

Singer

Soloist Les Miserables in Concert Schönberg/Boubil City Scene Phantom of the Opera in Concert A. L. Webber Bibliotekets Aula Abba in Concert ABBA Blå Grotte

Choral Messa da Requiem Verdi Regional Tour Messiah Händel Regional Tour Missa Solemnis Mozart Regional Tour Sacred Concert Ellington Uranienborg Church Agnus Dei for Bassoon and Mixed Choir Hovland Østre Aker Church

In addition works by Grieg, Wagner, Mendelssohn, Bach, Poulenc, Bruckner, Rachmaninov, Martin, Nystedt, Williams, Rutter, Lauridsen, Brahms, Villa-Lobos, Schubert, Schumann, Ives, and others.

Instructor/Teacher The Multicultural Stage 10 adolescents, ages 15 – 19 DMS Annie 90 children, ages 5 – 18 Scenekvelder Oliver! 28 children, ages 7 – 17 Oslo Nye Teater Kaos 6 adolescents, ages 13 – 14 DMS Masken barne- og ungdomsteater 40 children, ages 4 – 17 Sarpsborg Scene

In addition coaching and instructing several actors one-on-one for auditions, monologue and character work.

Training/Education Higher Education Columbia University, School of The Arts, New York (USA)

- Theatre Directing – MFA University of Oslo, Oslo (Norway)

- Theatre Studies – BA American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York (USA)

- 2 year conservatory acting training – AOS Evangelical Lutheran University College, Oslo (Norway)

- Music, Leadership and Theology – 60 credits

Other 24 hour play festival – New York (2010) - Directing Teatro Punto – New York (2010) - Commedia dell’Arte KHiO, Oslo – Oslo (2007) - Opening Structure

Greåker High School - Music, dance and drama – Music (2004-2007)

Awards Hammerstein Prize (2015) – New York

- Columbia University Schubert Fellowship (2014) – New York

- Columbia University Fredrikstad Magazine’s people’s choice award (2012) – Norway

- winner among 10 distinguished nominees Lawrence Langner Award (2010) – AADA

- for Voice and Speech

About

Robin’s theatre is never one thing – it’s art in combination. Raised in Norway and trained in the US, he understands theatre as a place to combine different impulses, elements and people. He has assisted some of the most esteemed directors in Norway and America, most recently Jostein Kirkeby-Garstad and Brian Kulick. Robin’s professional experience ranges from small comedic plays to large-scale musicals, always leading his actors to a style where realis-tic ease meets a mastered showmanship. Whether he’s approaching classical works with a contemporary eye, or exploring new works through the lense of tradition, he hopes to create theatre that transmits profound ideas through accessible entertainment.