Avery Erskine is an English major and Drama minor from Arlington, Virginia. Although she initially fell in love with the stage through dance, she ultimately found her theatrical calling in drama. Avery studied acting from middle school through high school while filling her extracurricular availability with intense hours of ballet training at the Washington School of Ballet. Between acting and dance, she has performed in spaces as intimate as a black box theater and as resplendent as the Kennedy Center Opera House. In her sophomore year of high school, Avery decided to end her dance training and make drama her primary extracurricular, having fallen in love with the storytelling capabilities of the medium. She acted in multiple plays in her final years of high school and studied IB Theatre Higher Level, establishing in her the perspective that drama can be as academic as it is creative. At UVA, Avery’s interest in drama has expanded to include writing, directing, and filmmaking, which she plans to pursue even more avidly in her final two years at the University. She is involved in many organizations on Grounds, including Virginia Players and Shakespeare on the Lawn, and has acted in many plays and short films during her time as a UVA student. Avery is honored to be a member of the Miller Arts Scholar Program, and she excitedly awaits all her future theatrical endeavors, both at UVA and after graduation.