Erica Allen McGee has written 2 nationally produced musicals (book and score), and 8 school produced children's musicals. Her shows, Girls Raised in the South-GRITS: The Musical and Cinnamon GRITS: Christmas in the South are published nationally through Broadway Licensing. Erica’s play Oy Vey Y’all won the 2024 Screencraft Mentorship Prize.
As a southern playwright, songwriter, actress and arts educator, Erica’s artistic purpose is rooted in the music, stories, contradictions and voices of the South leaning heavily on personal experiences and relationships to create and sustain her work, stories that uplift, challenge and hopefully elicit empathy. Her focus centers around compassion and authenticity in her communities on and off the stage.
She has her MFA from Mount Saint Mary's...
Erica Allen McGee has written 2 nationally produced musicals (book and score), and 8 school produced children's musicals. Her shows, Girls Raised in the South-GRITS: The Musical and Cinnamon GRITS: Christmas in the South are published nationally through Broadway Licensing. Erica’s play Oy Vey Y’all won the 2024 Screencraft Mentorship Prize.
As a southern playwright, songwriter, actress and arts educator, Erica’s artistic purpose is rooted in the music, stories, contradictions and voices of the South leaning heavily on personal experiences and relationships to create and sustain her work, stories that uplift, challenge and hopefully elicit empathy. Her focus centers around compassion and authenticity in her communities on and off the stage.
She has her MFA from Mount Saint Mary's University and her essays and poems have been featured in Collectif, The Rush Magazine, Sasse Magazine and Chicken Soup for the Soul Collections.
Erica is the Dramatist Guild Representative for North Carolina, a playwright, a vocal coach, film and television actor and arts educator. She lives in Charlotte with husband Ryan, daughter Tara and chi-weenie Lizzie. www.ericaallenmcgee.com