Erika Ji
(US)

Erika is a cross-genre composer-storyteller who loves soaring melodies, dream worlds, and stories that challenge our preconceptions about what is true, good, or worth wanting. Her work has premiered at Lincoln Center and the Public Theater and been supported by the National Music Theater Conference, the National Alliance for Musical Theater, and the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Recent works include Yoko’s Husband’s Killer’s Japanese Wife, Gloria (Winner of the Vivace Award, 5th Avenue Theatre Commission, O’Neill National Music Theater Conference, NAMT Festival of New Musicals, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Residency), VISARE (New Voices Winner, Tokyo International Showcase), four; interwoven (New Music Theatre Project Commission, DiMenna Center), Starsong (Off-Broadway: Rattlestick Theater, Kaufman Music Center), untitled hat project (NYFA), Affi nity (Claire’s Continuum), Passage (NYSCA Commission, Johnny Mercer Writers Grove).

Erika is a recipient of the 2026 NEXT Generation Commission and has been composer-in-residence at Greenwich House, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, the Jentel Foundation, KHN, Millay, and VCCA. She performs on Broadway (Cabaret, Kimberly Akimbo) and national TV (CBS Sunday Morning). BS Stanford, MFA NYU.

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