About
Erin Lynch is a Brooklyn-based theater director. Most recently, Erin assisted Katherine Wilkinson on the award winning one woman show, Odds Are by Smita Russel. Erin was a guest director at the Lanford Wilson New American Play festival where she directed the first staged reading of The Very End of our Friendship by Emily Yuko Walborn. Erin was born in London, and spent a summer living out there, working with the Finborough Theatre. This lead to her working as a script reader for the company for over two years. Erin is the Co-Founder of True Blue Theater Company, a new theater initiative based in Block Island, RI. This past summer, Erin directed True Blue’s first performance on Block Island: a staged reading of Beta Bitches by Emily Yuko Walborn. True Blue is currently preparing for next summer's theatrical season on Block Island. Erin’s work is heavily informed by her background in performance. Having grown up dancing, her directing style is deeply intertwined with her affinity for physical storytelling. She is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music where she earned her BFA in Acting with a minor in English. Erin's acting degree inspires her love for collaboration and devising within her work. During her time at school Erin Co-directed John Proctor is the Villain alongside Charles Goforth, and directed a production of Ride the Cyclone. While studying Erin also worked alongside Blake Robison on Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s production of The Book Club Play by Karen Zacarias.Erin is currently working to produce a fully staged version of Beta Bitches by Emily Yuko Walborn, with the hopes that is can be performed in New York City by the Spring of 2027.