
Acting
Erica Fae
Erica Fae graduated from New York University/Tisch School. Erica creates and produces original work, often from historical research. Her recent play "Take What Is Yours" (in which she stars, and co-wrote) received a Critics' Pick in The New York Times and Backstage (2012). She appears in Lisa Robinson's ground breaking short "Hollow", premiering at Tribeca Film Festival (2013). She has won awards for Best Actress and Best Short for her short films, and has performed at New York Theatre Workshop, The Kennedy Center, Walker Arts Center, American Repertory Theatre, The New Victory, A.C.T., and Robert Wilson's Watermill Center, and Dance Theater Workshop. Erica teaches physical acting at Yale School of Drama and The New School's MFA programs.
Acting credits
7.5A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Synecdoche, New York
2008
7.1The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
Little Children
2006
7.0A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
First Reformed
2018
6.0A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.
Baby Mama
2008
6.2In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Please Give
2010
7.2Henry struggles to bond with his estranged son, Gabriel, who suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. With Gabriel unable to shed the beliefs and interests that caused their physical and emotional distance, Henry must learn to embrace his son's choices and try to connect with him through music.
The Music Never Stopped
2011
2.3A young woman returns to her birthplace after her father's death and unearths distant memories and long-buried secrets that change everything she thought she knew about her family, past and herself.
Frank the Bastard
2015
5.9Inspired by true stories, a lighthouse keeper’s wife struggles with her work and her sanity as she cares for her sick husband in 19th century Maine. When a mysterious stranger washes up on shore, secrets buried in deep waters come to light, and she confronts both her past and her future.
To Keep the Light
2016
Joseph Avedon is a thirty-something loser who dreams of being a great artist, but he has no talent. When forced to confront his failures in art and love, hallucinations and self delusion begin tear apart his wannabe life.
Devils Are Dreaming
2004
NRChristian, a poor teen in the 1980's suburbia, is employed as a gardener by his new neighbor, Geena, a trashy but beautiful woman in her mid twenties. Working for her, he suddenly discovers a purpose for life: allowing his growing love for Geena to show through his care for her garden. When Gena recognizes the level of his devotion, a moment of reckoning will transform them in ways neither could have anticipated.
My Name Is Your First Love
2011
Desperate to save their marriage, a man takes his restless wife on a kayaking trip in New York City's Jamaica Bay as the tension of what goes unsaid threatens to drown their relationship.
All Against the Sea
2017
Behind the camera
5.9Inspired by true stories, a lighthouse keeper’s wife struggles with her work and her sanity as she cares for her sick husband in 19th century Maine. When a mysterious stranger washes up on shore, secrets buried in deep waters come to light, and she confronts both her past and her future.
To Keep the Light
2016
5.9Inspired by true stories, a lighthouse keeper’s wife struggles with her work and her sanity as she cares for her sick husband in 19th century Maine. When a mysterious stranger washes up on shore, secrets buried in deep waters come to light, and she confronts both her past and her future.
To Keep the Light
2016