Welcome to the first issue of The ERS Not-Quite-Monthly. We’ll be sending it to you every six weeks. Let us know what you think at info@elevator.org
So,This Just Happened…
ERS News and Announcements
We have just announced dates for the return of our popular theater-making workshops, For Adults, July 16 or 23 from 6:00 – 9:00pm. High School Day Camp: July 27 – 30th. No previous experience in theater is necessary. Click here for full details.
We are pleased to welcome Mark Rossier as our new Managing Director/Producer. While this is his first time working for ERS, Mark has a long history with the company, having seen every show since Cab Legs in 1997. He comes to us from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). Mark is thrilled to be here, and we are delighted to have him.
In the Hot Seat: April Matthis
Company Member Profile
April Matthis has appeared in five ERS productions, including the title role in Fondly, Collette Richland. She has had a banner year, having been nominated for the Antonyo, AUDELCO, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Lucille Lortel Awards; and she is an Outer Critics Circle honoree for her performance in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Toni Stone by Lydia R. Diamond.
Where were you born?Texarkana, Texas
Social Media handles:Instagram: @aprilmatthis, Twitter: @april_matthis
Any pets?I long to have a kitty again.
Left-handed or Right?Right
French toast, pancakes or waffles?Pancakes
Worst job you ever had:Temp at a collections company.
Quarantine tips:Take a shower before noon if you want to feel productive. Keep a yoga mat alongside your bed so you can stretch right when you get out of bed.
What do you love about what you do?The multidimensional experience of being in concert with the text, the moment, the ensemble, the audience, and inside my head simultaneously.
Favorite ERS show:Fondly, Collette Richland
Best thing about working at ERS:The tomfoolery
Town Tattle
News from Company Members and Friends
Sybil Kempson’s consummate foraging skills were featured in “The New Yorker“
Vin Knight will be seen (with Wallace Shawn, no less) in season three of “Search Party”, debuting on HBO Max June 25th.
Ben Williams has launched a new podcast and website for experimental audio: category : other
Formed in 2017 by ERS members Kate Scelsa, Robert Johanson and Gavin Price and featuring Amanda Villalobos, Mo Lioce, Kristin Worrall and John Gasper, The Witch Ones is an NYC-based band. You can sign up for the band’s mailing list at www.thewitchones.com to get updates and special fan exclusives. And visit the @thewitchones Instagram page to see a very special social isolation version of their new song “Syncope,” featured in Lab/Shul’s Reveal-A-Thon 2020.
Borne Back Ceaselessly:
Glimpses into ERS’s Past
Our first international tour: Summer 1997, Cab Legs, Austria, Germany, Switzerland.
ERS company members take a hike outside Salzburg, Austria during the run of “Cab Legs” at The Sommerszene Festival. L-R: Scott Shepherd, Steve Bodow, Susie Sokol, Leo Marks, Jonathan Feinberg, Katherine Profeta, Rinne Groff, John Collins, Tory Vazquez, Blake Koh.July 1997: “Cab Legs” company arrives in Fribourg, Switzerland for the ERS’s first ever tour presentation. pictured L-R: Scott Shepherd, Rinne Groff, Katherine Profeta, Leo Marks, Tory Vazquez, Susie Sokol.
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Photo of April Matthis by Joan Marcus
Photo of ERS company members in Salzburg, Austria by Cis Bierinckx
Photo of “Cab Legs” company in Fribourg, Switzerland by John Collins
April Matthis has appeared in five ERS productions, including the title role in 
