Actor Eric Ankrim, returning to Washington after a successful Broadway run, makes his directorial debut with “In the Heights,” running now through Oct. 26 at the Issaquah Village Theatre.

Ankrim lives in Snoqualmie, and earlier this year appeared in the Village Theatre production of “The Tutor.” He’s also appeared in “First Date,” which had a successful opening at Seattle’s Fifth Avenue Theatre, then moved to Broadway. Ankrim followed the show to Broadway, returning to Washington at the end of its run.

Tony-award-winning “In the Heights” is a hip-hop musical and dance spectacular about the lives of people in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. For ticket information, visit www.villagetheatre.org.