Hi, I'm Erin Alys! I grew up in Atascadero, CA and (somewhat) recently moved to Chicago.
This theatre community rules and I'm genuinely thrilled to be a part of it.
I'm an actor, intimacy director, educator and puppet enthusiast. My education is pretty solely in theatre with an MFA in Acting and New Work (Ohio State University) and a BFA in Acting (AMDA LA & NYC). I recently taught Viewpoints and performed a non-verbal solo as the Artist in Residence at the University of Wyoming. Prior to that, I was on the national tour of Jurassic World Live, produced by Feld Entertainment and NBC Universal.
wanna chat?
CURRENTLY/RECENT
"‘The Fix’ was supposed to correct everything that had gone wrong with the country. Now, three members of a shattered family occupy different corners of a society in free-fall, each surviving in their own way. Which of them will make it to Paradise and what will it cost? Does such a place even exist?"
MOVEMENT & INTIMACY for A Dark Wood
produced by Tin Drum Theatre Company
performing at Greenhouse Theatre Center
OCT 15 - NOV 1 (2026)
INTIMACY CHOREO. for Witch
produced by Idle Muse Theatre Company
performing at The Edge Off Broadway
SEP 10 - OCT 10 (2026)
"A charming devil arrives in the quiet village of Edmonton to bargain for the souls of its residents. Elizabeth should be his easiest target, having been labeled a “witch”, but her soul is not so readily bought. As the devil returns to convince her – and then returns again – unexpected passions flare, alliances are formed, and the village is forever changed.
"In the heart of the Bible Belt, a local theatre announces it will stage Tony Kushner’s Angels in America—complete with seven seconds of male nudity—and the city goes into a frenzy. Based on actual events, Eric Coble’s Southern Rapture turns this civic eruption into a wickedly funny satire about artistic freedom."
MOVEMENT & INTIMACY for Southern Rapture
produced by Tin Drum Theatre Company
performing at Theatre Wit
JUN 11 - 28 (2026)
INTIMACY CHOREO. for The Three Musketeers
produced by Idle Muse Theatre Company
performing at The Edge Off Broadway
MAR 26 - ARP 25 (2026)
"Based on Alexander Dumas’ celebrated 1844 novel, the Jeff Award-winning Robert Kauzlaric adapts the French tale of swashbuckling intrigue, adventure and fellowship as newly-minted musketeer D’Artagnan and the famous “three inseparables,” Athos, Porthos and Aramis take on the machinations of a scheming cardinal and his minions."
CO-DIRECTOR
& INTIMACY/FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER
Tender Naplam by Philip Ridley
produced by Backyard Theatre Co.
performing at Facility Theatre
DEC 12 - 15 (2025)
"Tender Napalm is about two people fighting to survive unthinkable grief. Their reality is grounded in memory, dream, and desire, and they navigate it the only way they can: through the language of touch, imagination, and play. The violence in the text is not cruelty but collision. It is what happens when mourning presses a body against its limits and demands it keep going."
This immersive production is staged in an apartment in Humboldt Park with an intimate audience of 20.
INTIMACY CHOREO. for Days of Rage
produced by Ego Death Theatre Collective
performing at Greenhouse Theatre Center
NOV 7 - 16 (2025)
"At the tail end of the 1960s, a quintet of young adults keep the last flame of the revolution burning. As they prepare their next national action, they learn that their hearts may be bigger than their guts."
INTIMACY CHOREO. for Blood Countess
produced by Idle Muse Theatre Company
performing at The Edge Off Broadway
SEP 13 - OCT 10 (2025)
"Join us in the Carpathian Mountains to witness the birth of legend as a Countess becomes a Carnivore and a Mother becomes a Monster."
UNDERSTUDY for Strange Cargo
produced by City Lit, & Black Button Eyes
performing at City Lit
OCT 10 - NOV 23 (2025)
ACTING in Incognito
produced by Tin Drum Theatre Company
performing at Theatre Wit
JUL 17 - AUG 3 (2025)
"Based on Chapter Seven of Bram Stoker’s DRACULA, this gothic horror high seas adventure tells the shocking events aboard the cargo ship transporting Count Dracula’s belongings from Transylvania to England. Suspicion, paranoia, and madness infect the crew as the harried sailors disappear one by one."
"Four actors; twenty roles.
Moving fluidly across time and space, Incognito weaves together three stories of love, longing, and loss that challenge our very perception of the mind"
P.S. I don't social media much,
but here's a backlog
