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"SHOW US YOUR WEIRD" returns! It will sell out.
Performance Artist
SOLO WORK
The Barn Identity
a solo show by Erika MacDonald
musical underscoring by Paul Strickland
Erika MacDonald went to the Emergency Room because of a movie she saw. Now she's obsessed with Falling-Down Barns.
Why does it matter what we find beautiful? Why bother noticing anything at all?
See this page for more info and to book The Barn Identity at your venue.
Tea TIME
a solo show by Erika MacDonald
directed by Paul Strickland
choreography by Genevieve Bernard
It's about tea. It's about time. F*** off, I'm steeping.
In development 2025
Erika has a new solo show! Tea TIME's world premiere was part of the 2025 Cincinnati Fringe Festival, where the show won the Artist's Pick Encore and transferred to the Know Theatre Main Stage for an extra SOLD OUT performance.
Evacuated!
2016
Tap Me on the Shoulder
2012
FLUID
2007
BIO
Erika MacDonald
Erika MacDonald is an internationally-touring performance artist whose original works have been featured Off-Broadway and have won "Best of Fest" honors on over 10 different occasions at Fringe Theater Festivals across the U.S. and Canada.
Erika is known for her award-winning original solo shows The Barn Identity, Evacuated!, Tap Me on the Shoulder, and Fluid, as well as her thoughtful and meticulous solo show directing and innovative puppet designs. Her shadow puppet adaptation of Carnival of the Animals was commissioned by Madcap Puppets and featured at the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra.
Erika is also known for the entertaining and unique two-person shows she creates and performs together with her partner in art and life Paul Strickland. Their shadow puppet horror play 13 Dead Dreams of "Eugene" was an official selection at the Twin Cities Horror Fest and was presented Off Broadway at the historic Soho Playhouse.
When she is not on the road or on the stage, Erika currently makes her home just off the coast of Cincinnati, in Covington, Kentucky.
Contact Erika via email
erikakatemacdonald at gmail.com
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Photo Credits (from top, all photos are of Erika MacDonald unless otherwise indicated): Jonathan Rodriguez (banner, performing Evacuated!); personal (writing, seated on fire escape); Dan Norman (with Paul Strickland, performing 13 Dead Dreams of "Eugene"); Jonathan Rodriguez (pointing, performing Evacuated!); Paul Strickland (photo and graphic design, show image The Barn Identity); Dan Winters with graphic design by Paul Strickland (show image Evacuated!); Patrick Shannon (performing Tap Me on the Shoulder); Jonathan Farmer (promotional photo Fluid); Jeff Burkle (Erika MacDonald, Paul Strickland, performing Away, Now); Dan R. Winters (Elizabeth Molloy, Nicole Jeannine Smith, performing SuperTrue); Dan Norman (silhouette Erika MacDonald, performing 13 Dead Dreams of "Eugene"); Jonathan Rodriguez (bio photo, performing Evacuated!)
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