Erin Schaut was born in Phoenix, AZ and soon after moved to Denver Colorado. Upon obtaining her BA in Acting from They University of Northern Colorado, she moved to Chicago where she trained at The Second City and iO Theaters. She performed in a number of shows at each theater, including "As The World Burns", a show she co-wrote, at The Second City Training Center with HouseCo. She then toured the nation in two comedy musicals, "Girls Night: The Musical" and "The Unauthorized 50 Shades of Grey Musical Parody" in which she played Ana. Having turned her focus to film and television, she worked on a number of independent projects, including "One Night Stand", a film that made it into the Chicago Latino Film Festival. She now resides in Atlanta where she pursues film and television and teaches improvisation for actors and yoga.