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ABOUT ME

“It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people, without possessing genius, have a remarkable power of stimulating it.”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Erica Lauren Maholmes is a designer, assistant, and technician for live theatre and dance. She has worked for Cleveland Play House (Lighting Apprentice), Illinois Shakespeare Festival (Master Electrician), 2022 National High School Institute - Cherubs (Assistant Master Electrician), and Longwood Gardens (Performance Technician). She was a participating Lighting Designer (Group 22 -Harvest) as part of the 2021 Collaborations of Merritt presented by The Michael Merritt Awards. She has been featured on the ETC Connect et cetera blog. Her design portfolio has been displayed internationally at the 2019 Prague Quadrennial as part of the Emergence Portfolio Library. She was a Design Wing Fellow for the 2022 Great Plains Theater Conference in Omaha, Nebraska. She served as an Artist and a Midwife in Term 5 of The Midwives Artistic Collective and is an Artistic Board Member of Cats Cradle Theatre. She is an alumni of the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas, West Chester University (BA), and Illinois State University (MFA). She is a proud member of both Black Theatre Network and Design Action.
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