Eric Paris

Theatre Leader, Producer, GM, Entrepreneur

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

About

25 years of experience in the entertainment and hospitality industries, operating live theatrical venues and producing commercial theatrical productions. Career highlights include: the restoration and launch of the oldest (and newest) theatre on Broadway, Hudson Theatre; conceived Ambassador Theatre Group's US food & beverage division; Producer of El Mago Pop's Broadway engagement; Founder of multi-unit food truck business, United Sandwiches of America

Experience

  • Emerson College (Boston, Massachusetts)
    • Emerson Stage Director, Theatre Operations
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

      Oversee the operational, financial and marketing aspects of the performing arts department’s producing entity, Emerson Stage, blending those duties with creative strategic leadership in an academic landscape

    • Adjunct Professor, Arts Management
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

      Arts Management courses focused on commercial theatre management and producing

  • Interim Managing Director/General Manager at Barrington Stage Company
    Jul 2024 - Apr 2025 · 10 mos

    Led the financial and organizational strategic transformation of the 30-year-old Tony Award-winning theatre institution

  • Owner at United Sandwiches of America
    Jul 2021 - Jan 2025 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    A fleet of stationery food trucks & carts, with a curated offering of all 50 states and their celebrated sandwiches, ingredients and beverages.

  • General Manager Consultant at House of Blues
    Sep 2023 - May 2024 · 9 mos

    Guided the vital reimagining of the 2,500 capacity music hall on Lansdowne Street at Fenway Park, with 150+ annual promoted events & 100+ special events and the 125+ person staff

  • Executive Producer at El Mago Pop - Broadway Engagement
    Aug 2022 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Limited Broadway engagement of El Mago Pop, the highest grossing European illusionist in the world, from Barcelona's Teatro Victoria to Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theatre