Eric Rouse

Eric Rouse is currently the Technical Director for the School of Theatre at Penn State University.  Prior to his academic appointments he lived in Las Vegas where he worked for Flying by Foy and Cirque du Soleil's "O" production at the Bellagio Hotel. While at Foy, Eric was a jack of all trades where he helped manage the shop and designed and installed flying systems for productions worldwide. At "O" Eric was first an Automation Mechanic and was then promoted to Lead Rigger for Maintenance where he maintained all of the rigging in the theatre and helped upgrade and design new systems.