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At the tender age of seven, Kingston, Jamaica native, Debra Ehrhardt, knew her dream was to come to America. By 16, her dream was realized. After a brief sojourn in Miami, she headed north to New York to study acting with Katherine Kerr from the Playwrights Horizons and Suzanne Esper at the William Esper Studios.
After honing her craft she concluded that her tropical blood would never get used to the east coast winters. She threw away the ice scraper and moved west. Los Angeles has been her home base for the past twelve years.
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| | She received a 2007 Proclamation from the City of New York for JAMAICA, FAREWELL for her "Outstanding Contribution to the Jamaican Community." After a successful run Off-Broadway this Spring, Jamaica Farewell has been touring the United States, Canada and premiered in the UK at the Hackney Empire in October 2008. A member of the Writer's Guild of America, Ms. Ehrhardt is currently adapting JAMAICA, FAREWELL for the big screen.
WORKSHOP
"How to Get from a Mango Tree to Off-Broadway" As a native Jamaican growing up in the tumultuous 70's in Jamaica, we had very little extra money; so to entertain ourselves we told stories. I captured my first audience in a Mango Tree at seven years old. In this introductory workshop I will show you how I turned my stories into an award-winning play and give you simple and concrete exercises on how to write for the theatre.Previous Page |
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