My Resume

THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE 

The Little Mermaid – Role: Ariel- Banks Street Productions (2023)

Pippin – Role: Leading Player- Independent Music Productions (2022)

Something Rotten – Role: Bea – Alabama Center for the Arts/Calhoun College (2021)

Mary Poppins – Role: Dance Captain, Mary Poppins 2nd – Dream Weavers Children’s Theater (2021)

The Wizard of Oz – Role: Dorothy – Dream Weavers Children’s Theater (2018)

Hairspray – Role: Corny Collins Dancer – Bank Street Players Community Theater (2017)

High School Musical – Role: Dancer/Cheerleader – Hartselle High School(2016)

Peter Pan – Role: Peter Pan – Leon Sheffield Magnet School (2014)

DANCE TRAINING 

Dancer’s Incorporated, Decatur, Alabama (14 Years) 

Trained in ballet, pointe, jazz, contemporary, tap, hip hop/urban, acrobatics 

CONVENTION & SUMMER INTENSIVE TRAINING 

2022 Miss Dance – Dance Masters Chapter #33

2022 Hollywood Dance Jamz DJ assistant

Hollywood Vibe (Scholarship Recipient) 

The Pulse on Tour/Camp Pulse (Scholarship Recipient and Camp Pulse Counselor) 

Artists Simply Human (Scholarship Recipient) 

Company Dance (Scholarship Recipient) 

Radio City Rockette Summer Intensive 2018 

JV Goecke Jump-Start Boot Camp 2015-2021 

Camp Pulse Summer Intensive 2013 

VOCAL TRAINING 

Hartselle High School Concert Choir 2017-2021 

Hartselle High School Performers (Show Choir) 2018-2021 

Private Voice Lessons (6 Years) 

OTHER ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS 

2021 American Idol Contestant

2022 Miss Alabama Teen Volunteer

2020 Stars Over Alabama Talent Winner (13 & Up) 

2020 Talent Watch Virtual Showcase Winner

2022  International Thespian Society – Chapter President  

2021 Broadway World Top 15 High School Dancer 

Kari Erickson is a freshman at Ithaca College, where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theater.

She is a graduate of Hartselle High School in Hartselle, Alabama. Kari has had several notable achievements in her young career. She was a Golden Ticket winner on American Idol, making it to the Duet Rounds of the competition. She has also been successful in beauty pageants, winning the titles of Miss Alabama Teen Volunteer 2022, Miss Dance Chapter#33 2022, and Miss Quad Cities Outstanding Teen 2020. In 2019, she was named Miss River Cities Outstanding Teen and placed in the top 10 at Miss Alabama’s Outstanding Teen pageant in 2019 and 2020.

In addition to her singing and pageant successes, Kari has also been involved in the performing arts. She was a Stars Over Alabama Talent Winner in the 13 & Up category in 2020 and has served as the Chapter Secretary of the International Thespian Society since 2018. She was also a winner of the Talent Watch Virtual Showcase in 2020.