PLAYWRIGHT, SINGER & PERFORMER
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Renae Erichsen-Teal is a professional playwright, singer, and performer based in Washington, D.C. Renae's play Now to Ashes was recently produced at the District Fringe festival in summer 2025, garnering Best of Fringe festival. Now To Ashes will be produced in full by Christopher Newport University and Hampton University in April 2027, following an educational workshop by the universities in May 2026. Renae was commissioned to collaborate on the dramatization of the Revolutionary War Lives and Letters of Lucy and Henry Knox, which will premiere as the play Bound by Letters from April - October 2026 at the Torggler Fine Arts Center. As a seasoned member of The Washington Chorus, Renae regularly sings with the National Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and National Philharmonic, and will be making her Carnegie Hall debut in May 2026 in Puccini’s Il Trittico. Other selected credits include the Kennedy Center 2019 Page-To-Stage Festival’s workshop of Now To Ashes (playwright), Story District's He Said, She Said, They Said (writer, storyteller), and Theatre Prometheus' Abortion Road Trip (actor) at the Capital Fringe Festival, where it was the winner of the Best Comedy Award.
Renae completed a double major in Vocal Performance and Acting at Christopher Newport University (class of 2014), and continued her education at Story District (storytelling/writing) and Studio Theater Conservatory (acting). |
