Eric's theatrical career has had a focus on directing and administration but also includes extensive work as a performer, designer, and producer.
 
Since 2020 he has served as the artistic director of the Hickory Community Theatre in Hickory, North Carolina. His programming there has had a focus on audience development and representational equity as well as technical and artistic improvements to the three performance spaces.

Eric originally hails from Kentucky and before relocating to North Carolina he served three seasons as the artistic managing director of Central Kentucky Theatre, where he orchestrated a company rebranding as well as overseeing a massive renovation of the performance space both in style and performance capability. Before joining CKT he served five seasons as artistic director of Actors Guild of Lexington where he created a new performance venue for the company and eliminated debt while building and developing a new thriving audience.
 
Eric had previously served AGL in their old space first as director of audience development and then as associate artistic director. Before that, he was a co-founder and executive producer of The Balagula Theatre and the artistic director of the "Surprise Theatre" series.
 
A sampling of his directing credits includes THE SQUIRRELS, KINKY BOOTS, MACBETH, SOMETHING ROTTEN, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, RIDE THE CYCLONE, THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY, A LIFE IN THE THEATRE, KING LEAR, THE LOVE SONG OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER, END DAYS, THE CLEAN HOUSE, TRUE WEST, and BREATHING CORPSES.
 
As an actor, his credits include MISERY, CYRANO DE BERGERAC, DEPARTURES, LIVING ON LOVE, A COMEDY OF ERRORS, THE DIVINERS, SMUDGE, SEMINAR, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, and THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS.
 
Eric has worked as a scenic designer, carpenter, and painter, as well as extensive work designing properties, sound, and multimedia projections.
 
In addition to theatre, Eric is an experienced graphic designer specializing in promotional materials, product design, branding, and layout publishing.