Erik Gernand’s plays have been in production and/or development at theaters including Premiere Stages (Union, NJ), Redtwist, American Theater Company, and Chicago Dramatists (all Chicago), Actors Theatre of Louisville, as well as The Barrow Group (NYC). As a filmmaker, his award-winning short films have screened at more than 100 film festivals around the world including SXSW, Chicago International Film Festival, and Cinequest, as well as been broadcast on IFC, PBS, and the Logo Channel. Erik is graduate of Ball State University and an Associate Professor of Instruction in Radio-TV-Film at Northwestern University.
Plays
Anna, a 40-something doctor, struggles to stay afloat amid the rise of political instability across the nation. When her queer brother Max arrives unexpectedly from out of town, Anna’s life is thrown into even greater turmoil when the true reason for his visit is uncovered and she’s forced to choose between family and country.
A woman is forced to confront her darkest fears when she suspects that her teenage son may be planning an act of mass violence.
A gay man living in Chicago is forced for return to the small Indiana town he has all but forgotten when his mother falls ill.