ABOUT
ERICA FERGUSON
ABOUTERICA
Erica Ferguson is a stage director and choreographer based in the DC Metro Area.
In her 2024-2025 season, Erica directs Puccini's La bohéme at The Catholic University of America and returns to L'Opera Comique de Washington to direct Offenbach's La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein at The Embassy of France. She joins the staging staff of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as an Apprentice Assistant Stage Director for their 50th Festival Season. In 2026, she looks forward to returning to Catholic University to direct Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites and joining the Victorian Lyric Opera Company to direct Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love.
Stage direction credits include Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Bizet’s Carmen, Douglas Moore’s Gallantry, and Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti with Loudoun Lyric Opera, Heggie’s Cinderella 99 and a Jake Heggie Tribute Concert with Miami Music Festival, Weill’s Down in the Valley and Thomas Pasatierri’s Signor Deluso with University of Maryland’s OperaTerps, Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers with Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and Gilbert & Sullivan's The Sorcerer with Victorian Lyric Opera Company. In 2020, Erica directed and redesigned a live production for the small screen in Victorian Lyric Opera Company’s A Gilbert & Sullivan Drawing Room. Taking great safety measures, her team recorded both virtually and in-person to create a story that connected the past with the future of operetta.
Erica has assistant directed for David Toulson's production of Dead Man Walking with Miami Music Festival, Mark Ross Clark's production of Albert Herring with Chicago Summer Opera, James Harp’s productions of Ritorna Vincitor and Bravissimo Bel Canto with Maryland Opera, Helen Aberger’s production of H.M.S. Pinafore with Victorian Lyric Opera Company, Amanda Consol’s production of Sunder, a world premiere with Maryland Opera Studio and Annapolis Opera, and Raymond O. Caldwell and Carl DuPont’s productions for the Washington National Opera Institute.
With her background deeply rooted in dance, Erica has choreographed productions at Annapolis Opera, Young Victorian Theatre Company, Maryland Opera, Towson University, University of Maryland’s OperaTerps, and Duke Ellington School of the Arts.
Erica Ferguson holds a Masters in Music from the University of Maryland and was a member of the Maryland Opera Studio. She earned her Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance from Towson University. She is an alumni of the Beth Morrison Projects Producer Academy and ArtEquity’s National Board Training.
When Erica is not in the theatre or rehearsal room, she can be found at The John F. Kennedy Center as the Education Executive Assistant and Office Manager. She teaches private voice lessons and has a bustling studio at The International School of Music.