Eric Bass

Eric Bass has worked for over forty years as a director, playwright, performer, presenter, producer, and puppet maker. In 1982, Eric co-founded Sandglass Theater in Munich, Germany, with his wife, Ines Zeller Bass, and they moved to Vermont in 1986. As a director, he has worked on four continents. In 1991, Eric was awarded the Figurentheater Prize of the City of Erlangen, Germany for his contributions to the field of Puppet Theater. International collaborations include The Story  of the Dog, in Cambodia, BlackBirds in Poland, and a new adaptation of Nathan the Wise in El Salvador. All of these productions have addressed the impact of war and violence in society.  Eric served for five years on the first board of the Network of Ensemble Theaters. He was the Festival Artistic Director of Sandglass’ first ten international Puppets in the Green Mountains Festivals. In 2010, Eric and Ines received the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. His production with Sandglass Theater of Babylon: journeys of refugees, was created in association with the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Vermont and supported by New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Theater Project and the Doris Duke Building Bridges program.  He has directed eight productions for New England Youth Theater.