Eric Wright
Eric Wright is a Sinking Ship Associate Artist.
Eric has performed with Sinking Ship in There Will Come Soft Rains and Powerhouse (for which he also designed and built the puppets). He also frequently appears in Puppet Playlist.
His other puppetry performances include: The Culture Project’s The Cat Who Went to Heaven, Dan Hurlin’s Disfarmer (St. Ann’s Warehouse) and Hiroshima Maiden (St. Ann’s Warehouse); Basil Twist’s La Bella Dormente nel Bosco (Lincoln Center) and Petruska (Lincoln Center); Anthony Minghella’s Madama Butterfly (Metropolitan Opera); Mabou Mines’ Peter & Wendy (Arena Stage); Don't Trust Anyone Over Thirty (Art Basel Miami) with Philip Huber; Erin Orr’s Savage Nursery (HERE); Lake Simons’ What's Inside the Egg (HERE) and Alice's Adventures in Wonderful (HERE). He can be seen on PBS’s SeeMore's Playhouse. Occasionally Mr. Wright performs his solo pieces, Taps, Caveman v. Blender, and Clementine. He is currently in rehearsal for Compulsion at Yale Rep, starring Mandy Patinkin, and directed by Oskar Eustis.
Mr. Wright’s design and construction credits include: Hamlet (The Public); TheaterWorks U.S.A.’s Seussical: The Musical, and The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks; Hiroshima Maiden, Animal Farm: The Musical (Synapse Prod.), and most recently, Christopher Williams’ The Golden Legend (DTW). He works with Emily DeCola and Michael Schupbach as part of The Puppet Kitchen, LLC, a puppet and specialty prop design and construction studio in the East Village.
