Experience
Production
Year - Role - Producer
The Bahamas 53 Independence Celebrations Cultural Show
2026 - Writer & Director
Produced by Fred B. Ferguson
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Summer Theatre Intensive
2026 - Project Manager & Instructor
Producers: The Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts & UNESCO Caribbean
Richard III Scenes by William Shakespeare
2026 - Writer of Narrations & Director
Producers: The Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts & UNESCO Caribbean
Theatre Business Principles Workshop
2025 - Project Manager
Producers: The Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts & UNESCO Caribbean
The Amen Corner by James Baldwin
2025 - Co-Director
Produced by Shakespeare in Paradise
Summer Theatre Intensive
2025 - Project Manager & Instructor
Producers: The Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts & UNESCO Caribbean
Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
2025 - Director
Produced by RingPlay Productions
Junkanoo In Paradise by Patrice Francis
2023 - 2024 - Director
Produced by Fred B. Ferguson, Roots Junkanoo Group & The Atlantis
A Year of Bahamian Theatre
2023 - Executive Producer
Produced by Shakespeare in Paradise
The Children's Teeth by Nicolette Bethel
2023 - Director
Produced by Shakespeare in Paradise
Jubilee Day: The Road to Majority Rule
2023 - Director
Produced by Fred B. Ferguson
Honourable Member by Ian Strachan
2023 - Production Manager
Produced by Ceiba Arts
The 1973 Masterclass: Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling
2023 - Stage Manager
Produced by Fred B. Ferguson
Creating Richard III
2022 - Writer, Director, Actor
Produced by Shakespeare in Paradise
Music by Fred B. Ferguson
The Bahamas 49th Independence Celebrations Cultural Show
2022 - Director
Produced by Fred B. Ferguson
Competent Authority by Philip Burrows, Nicolette Bethel & Patrice Francis
2021 - Director
Produced by RingPlay Productions
Short Tales 2020 - Virtual Productions
2020 - Director
Produced by Shakespeare in Paradise
The Odd Couple (female version) by Neil Simon
2019 - Director
Produced by RingPlay Productions
Colour Conscious Casting & Design
2019 - Panel Presenter
Produced by Shakespeare Theatre Association Annual Conference: Prague
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
2018 - Director
Produced by Shakespeare in Paradise
Bahamian Icon Awards
2018 - Nominee
Best Live Stage Production
Tradewinds - Cultural Show
2018 - Director
Produced by Royal Bahamas Defence Force
Othello by William Shakespeare
2017 - Stage Manager
Produced by Shakespeare in Paradise
Clifton Rising by Patrice Francis
2017 - Director
Produced by Clifton Heritage
Being Bahamian by Patrice Francis
2017 - Director
Produced by Bahamar
The Bahamas 44th Independence Celebrations Cultural Show
2017 - Director
Produced by Fred Ferguson
Death on the Street by Steven Hanna
2016 - Director
Produced by RingPlay Productions
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
2016 - Assistant Director
Produced by RingPlay Productions
Murder & Poetry - Paradise Unmasked
2015 - Writer, Composer, Director
Produced by RingPlay Productions
A Longing Fulfilled by Patrice Francis
2014 - Director
Produced by Five Loaves & Two Fish
for colored girls who considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf
2014 - Actor
Produced by Shakespeare in Paradise
The Shrew by William Shakespeare
2013 - Assistant Director
Produced by Shakespeare in Paradise
Merchant by William Shakespeare
2012 - Assistant Director
Produced by Shakespeare in Paradise
Dis We Tings
2011 - Actor
Produced by Shakespeare in Paradise
Horn of Plenty
2010 - Assistant Director
Produced by Shakespeare in Paradise
Articles & Features
On Her New Role
Erin Knowles will don a new cap in 2027 as the artistic director of the Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts – New Providence’s only community theater. Knowles, 36, will be responsible for the direction of the organization’s overall vision and programming, including Ringplay Productions and Shakespeare in Paradise.
Junkanoo In Paradise
The Nassau Guardian highlights the opening of Junkanoo In Paradise at The Atlantis in December 2023. The show ran for 43 performances and ended its first season on March 31, 2024. Written by Patrice Francis, Directed by Erin Knowles and Produced by Fred Ferguson.
Creating Richard III
Our News covered student responses to the radical adaptation of Richard III. Written by Erin Knowles, Stephen Hanna and included original music by Fred B. Ferguson.
49th Independence 2022
Shavaughn Moss sat down with Erin Knowles after a successful independence celebration following the long hiatus as a result of covid 19.
A Blast from the Past
Travis Carroll spoke with Erin in 2011 after her first year working with Shakespeare in Paradise. Quite an interesting view into the mind of a budding thespian reveals how she viewed the industry then.
On Competent Authority
Nicolette Bethel penned an essay surrounding our return to theatre in 2021 and how important this production was to our lived experience and the almost non-existent Bahamian scene due to covid.