Erika Ji
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Erika Ji is a cross-genre composer-storyteller who loves soaring melodies, dream worlds, and stories that challenge our preconceptions about what is true, good, right, or worth wanting. Her works, including Yoko's Husband's Killer's Japanese Wife, Gloria (5th Avenue Theatre First Draft Commission) and VISARE (immersive circus fantasia, 2021 New Voices Project Winner), have been featured Off-Broadway and around the world at Lincoln Center, the Public Theater, the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, and the Nadia Boulanger Institute. The proud daughter of Chinese immigrants, Erika studied computer science & philosophy at Stanford and built products at Dropbox before deciding to follow the music. MFA: NYU Tisch. erikaji.com

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R&D In-Process: Meet the Creators Behind YOKO’S HUSBAND’S KILLER’S JAPANESE WIFE, GLORIA

by Brandy Hoang Collier , Clare Fuyuko Bierman , Erika JiJune 14, 2023

R&D Group Members Brandy Hoang Collier, Clare Fuyuko Bierman, and Erika Ji answer questions about theater, storytelling, and the creative process behind their new musical, YOKO'S HUSBAND'S KILLER'S JAPANESE WIFE, GLORIA, which will be presented in the FINDINGS Series on June 16th.

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Two-Part Names & Other Joys: An Interview with Faith Zamblé

by The Civilians , Faith Zamblé , Phoebe CordeApril 16, 2024

The Civilians' Resident Dramaturg Phoebe Corde sits down (virtually) with Extended Play editor Faith Zamblé to talk dramaturgy, research, and more.

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R&D In-Process: A Totally Accurate and Very Formally Annotated Timeline of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871

by Julia Izumi June 14, 2023

R&D Group member Julia Izumi outlines the timeline of the Great Chicago Fire ahead of her new play, A RE-ENACTMENT OF THE IMAGINED TRIAL OF DAISY THE COW 🐄, WHO ALLEGEDLY CAUSED THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE, presented in the Findings Series on June 14th.

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R&D In-Process: Andrew Saito on the Creation of BLACKANESE

by Andrew Saito June 7, 2023

R&D Group member Andrew Saito discusses the inspiration for BLACKANESE, presented in the FINDINGS Series on June 8th.

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Civilians’ R&D In Process: Chance/Chaos Encounters That Led To The Creation of “INSHALLAH”

by Divya Mangwani May 1, 2023

R&D Group member Divya Mangwani invites you into the creative process behind her project through a game of Pachisi.

Theater and Justice in Alix Lambert’s ‘Courtroom’

by Phoebe Corde February 15, 2022

The Civilians reflects on COURTROOM, a night of theater, music, and poetry investigating true accounts of the American judicial system.