Eric Watkins is a lighting designer for theatre, opera and dance. Past opera design work includes The Property (A world premiere with Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Lyric Unlimited), Show Boat (The Dallas Opera), Cenerentola (Merola Opera in San Francisco), Alcina (Boston Conservatory), A Streetcar Named Desire (Opera Santa Barbara and Kentucky Opera), Marriage of Figaro (Merola Opera) and The Barber of Seville (Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre). Other recent Chicago designs include Machinal (Greenhouse Theater), Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery (Pegasus Theatre), A Swell in the Ground (The Gift Theatre), Punk (The New Colony); 42 Stories and Psmith, Journalist (City Lit), Porcelain (Prologue Theatre, Jeff award nomination for best lighting design), Deer and the Lovers (First Floor Theater), Fisheye (Dandelion Theatre) and Fallen (Mozawa). Up next, he will be traveling to Texas to design Don Pasquale for the Fort Worth Opera. He received his MFA in Lighting Design from Boston University.
Eric Watkins at The Dallas Opera:
Falstaff (2018/2019, debut)
Hansel and Gretel (2022/2023)