Eric Quang Gelb

Eric Quang Gelb (He/Him) is a queer & asian commercial musical theatre, live branded entertainment & theatre for young audiences director and educator.

Whether I’m directing a large-scale musical, training character performers at a world-class theme park or helping nurture the next generation of musical theatre professionals, I strive to represent and reach diversity in all forms. Because whether or not theatre academia considers this work “high art”, it impacts humanity just the same: making us smarter, stronger and more empathetic. It’s the opportunity to create once a year (sometimes once in a lifetime) memories. So it should be diverse, intentional and full-out.

Broadway/Off-Broadway: HAMILTON (SDCF Resident Director Shadow), Head Over Heels, Little Shop of Horrors (co-producer), WICKED Intern, 53% Of and Patience (Company Manager, 2nd Stage Theatre). Regional Directing: James & the Giant Peach (Virginia Children’s Theatre), Footloose (Fordham University), Xanadu (The Rose Theater, Omaha). At NYU: Legally Blonde, Beauty and the Beast, Spelling Bee, Mary Poppins. Live Branded Entertainment: LEGOLAND New York (Install Show Director - Characters), SIX (Broadway Replica Production), Burn The Floor, Syd Norman's Pourhouse and VELVET (Theatrical Operations Manager, Norwegian Cruise Line), Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (Creative Production Coordinator), Character Attendant and Performer (Walt Disney World & SeaWorld Orlando’s Sesame Street Land). Education: New York University (‘20) - Bachelor’s in Educational Theatre. Inaugural Cohorts (‘21) of both Broadway For Racial Justice’s Casting Initiative & Baseline Theatrical’s Beyond the Stagedoor Management Program. Associate Member of SDC.