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On this episode I talked with Erin about how there really wasn’t a moment when she wasn’t performing, how a theatre show in Fullerton, California led to her being cast as a double in The Parent Trap, filming a Mary-Kate and Ashley’s You’re Invited video, how shortly after her freshman year of college she got cast to be in WICKED The Musical, her experience playing Glinda on both National Tours, in Chicago, in Los Angeles, and on Broadway, getting to participate in shows such as Sondheim on Sondheim, Amazing Grace Musical, Chaplin, and In Transit Broadway, her dream role, how excited she’ll be when live theatre can take place safely again, the Wicked movie, and MUCH MORE!
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Erin Mackey was born in Fullerton, California. She was spotted by a manager at Fullerton Children's Repertory Theater and offered the opportunity to audition professionally for film and TV. Her first was for Disney's The Parent Trap. In 1999, she played Jenna in "You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's Fashion Party".
She won a 2003 L.A. Music Center Spotlight Award for Non-Classical Voice.
In 2004, after graduating from Fullerton Union High School, she decided to continue to pursue her passion for theater, attending Carnegie Mellon University. From 2006 until 2010, she played the role of Glinda in various productions of the musical Wicked.
After Wicked, she starred in the new Broadway musical Sondheim on Sondheim, which began previews at Studio 54 on March 19, 2010, and officially opened on April 22. The show ended its limited engagement on June 27, 2010. She was also seen in the York Theatre production of I Remember Mama, which ran October 8–10, 2010.
In June 2011, Mackey played the role of Lucy Steele in the reading of a new musical based on Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility. Mackey succeeded Laura Osnes as Hope Harcourt in the Broadway revival of Anything Goes on September 13, 2011.
Mackey originated the role of Oona O'Neill in the 2012 Broadway production of Chaplin. She played the role of Christine in the 2013 Pittsburgh CLO production of Phantom. Mackey's other theater include Clara Johnson in the 2014 South Coast Repertory Theatre production of The Light in The Piazza, Jo… Read More
