Eric Gibson, visiting assistant professor of music and director of Opera Theatre at The Ohio State University, is a stage director based in Columbus. His extensive experience directing opera and musical theatre keeps him in great demand. For five years he was director of Lyric Theater at Northern Arizona University–Flagstaff, staging original productions of The Light in the Piazza, Kiss me, Kate!, Dido & Aeneas, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, and The Magic Flute which garnered a first prize win in the National Opera Association's 2019 Opera Competition. 

Recent career highlights include new productions of The Mikado and HMS Pinafore for Union Avenue Opera, Barber of Seville for Opera Tampa and Mobile Opera, a debut with Winter Opera in St. Louis staging Italian Girl in Algiers, and remaining a regular at Fargo-Moorhead Opera, where he has staged Die Fledermaus, The Pirates of Penzance, Madama Butterfly, Hansel & Gretel, and Barber of Seville. He recently guided the Young Artist Program productions of Trouble in Tahiti, Cinderella, and Bastien and Bastienne.

For a dozen seasons at LOOK Musical Theatre (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Gibson directed over forty original productions, including Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow, My Fair Lady, Candide, Evita, Gypsy, Hello, Dolly! and nearly all of the Gilbert & Sullivan operettas. 

Gibson debuted with Varna International in Bulgaria, staging Così fan tutte in 2019; recent projects include his annual summer journey teaching acting and directing scenes for IPAI (Kiefersfelden, Germany), staging La Rondine for Winter Opera (St. Louis), and a return to Fargo–Moorhead Opera to stage La Bohème.

Recently, Gibson debuted with a production of Salome for the MusikfürMusik Künstler Kollaborativ in Berlin, Germany, and as the new Executive Director for Opera Project Columbus, his inaugural production will be staging The Pirates of Penzance in summer 2024.