Work
Home Movie
Coming Soon
When the pandemic hits, Chris is forced to move back home to small-town Saskatchewan where he starts making a movie with his reluctant but supportive parents. On a quest for movie magic, he discovers something even more meaningful. A short film written and directed by Chris.
Blue Marble (or the Owen play)
October – November, 2020
Chris co-devised and acted in the premiere of Blue Marble (or the Owen play) in Fayetteville, Arkansas with The What Co. The new play was performed outdoors with a socially-distanced audience, as well as live streamed. It explored distance in relation to ourselves, the people we love, and the universe.
The Hairy Ape
March 28 – April 6, 2019
Chris acted in The Hairy Ape at UNCSA. Directed by Rey Zane, the play follows Yank, a leader among the firemen who stoke coal on a cruise ship. After a clash with an upper-class passenger, he sets off on a devastating journey that ends with him questioning his very humanity.
Improvisers
June 7, 2021
Chris acted in an audio comedy written and directed by Nick Dardes. Improvisers follows an improv troupe that find themselves in a bloodthirsty cult, under the impression they’d actually joined an intense comedy workshop.
BodyNearMine
August, 2020
Chris performed in a new performance installation BodyNearMine directed by Dyer Rhoads. It was a socially-distanced multimedia performance featuring a scenes with people in isolated circumstances on the phone.
Running for President
April, 2020
Chris gathered with some collaborators to make a quarantine home movie in 24 hours. The short film follows a young aspiring politician and his manager as they spend a weekend together preparing for their upcoming campaign. Created by Chris and Lucas Hedges.
RatStar Residency at IRT Theatre
March 24 – April 6, 2020
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the RatStar Residency at IRT Theatre in NYC has been postponed. Chris will be acting in the world premiere of The Bees by Dyer Rhoads, a new Bouffon show, as well as readings of new plays.
Wig
February 8 – 9, 2020
Chris acted in a staged reading of Wig by Michael Calciano. It was presented in an evening with another one act play at Access Theater in NYC.
Lesson for the Future
December, 2019
Chris acted in the world premiere of Lesson for the Future written and directed by Dyer Rhoads at Lincoln Centre in NYC. The play follows a group of teaching artists that are presenting a workshop on the future.
Bill & Daisy
November, 2019
After mourning the passing of his late wife, Bill finds the courage to travel to New York City and reconnect with his favorite mistress. Created by Cricket Brown & Chris.
Super Trooper
August, 2019
Chris performed in Super Trooper for Lincoln Centre Education in NYC. The short play follows a hero fighting to keep his city safe from the rise of a new supervillain. The devised play asks just how different the two supers are from one another.
Intern at Keen Company
July 6, 2019 – June 19, 2020
Chris was an artistic intern at Keen Company in New York City. He worked as an assistant for artistic director Jonathan Silverstein in Keen’s 2019/2020 theatre season.
UNCSA Drama Showcase
March – April, 2019
Chris acted in UNCSA Drama’s showcase in NYC, LA, Chicago, and Atlanta for industry professionals.
Merry, Love, Happy, Joy
February 1 – 3, 2019
Chris directed the premiere of Merry, Love, Happy, Joy by Gracey Falk at UNCSA. The non-linear memory play follows the ten year relationship of Adam and Carol, played by Dyer Rhoads and Madeline Milligan.
We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South West Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884 - 1915
December 7 – 9, 2018
Chris acted in We Are Proud to Present… directed by Dyer Rhoads at UNCSA. The play takes place largely in a rehearsal room that descends from collaborative to absurd as a group of idealistic actors attempt to recreate the extinction of the Herero tribe at the hands of their German colonizers.
Balm in Gilead
November 14 – 18, 2018
Chris acted in Balm in Gilead directed by Quin Gordon at UNCSA. The play takes place in an all-night coffee shop on Manhattan’s Upper West Side peopled by a makeshift community of dealers, junkies, hustlers, prostitutes, dreamers and runaways.
Leonard Bernstein's MASS
September 29 – 30, 2018
Chris acted in MASS directed by Douglas Webster at UNCSA. As the performance begins, the Celebrant declares his faith but faces resistance from the Street Chorus who questions him and sends him on a journey of discovery. With over 200 players on stage, it features actors, singers, dancers, and musicians.
An Evening of New Plays (NYC)
August 6, 2018
Members of the Aris Project’s summer residency took a collection of new short plays to New York City and presented them at Playwright’s Horizon’s downtown space for friends, family, and industry professionals.
Aris Project Summer Residency
June – August, 2018
Chris participated in the third season of The Aris Project’s summer residency program in Maine. Emerging artists gathered in a barn to write, act, direct, and design new original works, including a short film. A collection of short plays was shared with the Damaricotta community at the end of the season.
Studied with Philippe Gaulier
May, 2018
Chris studied Shakespeare & Chekhov with Philippe Gaulier in Etampes, France. Philippe Gaulier is a French master clown, pedagogue, and professor of theatre. He encourages his students to find “le jeu” (the game) and share their pleasure onstage.
Romeo & Juliet
April 27 – 29, 2018
Chris played the role of Friar Laurence in Romeo & Juliet directed by Carl Forsman for the North Carolina Symphony. The play was underscored by the symphony’s 72 member orchestra, and lead by conductor Grant Llewellyn.
Stage Door
February 22 – 24, 2018
Chris acted in Stage Door directed by Laura Braza at UNCSA. The play is set in a boarding house for young aspiring actresses in 1930s New York City.
Middletown
October 18 – 22, 2018
Chris acted in Middletown at UNCSA directed by Quin Gordon at UNCSA. The play explores the lives of the inhabitants of a small town; as they intersect in strange and poignant ways in a journey that takes them from the local library to outer space and points between.
The Aris Project
2016-2018
Chris co-founded a theatrical residency in Maine with members of his UNCSA class. Over three summers season he wrote (Subway Soul Train, Circus, McDonalds), directed (Human Animal, Gravity, Park Bench), acted (Humans r Peple To, Waiting on a Woman, Gulls, Prairie, Birds Birds Birds), and devised (Yeti, Fops). Their final season culminated in a showing at Playwrights Horizons’ downtown space in NYC.
Aris Project Summer Residency
May – June, 2017
Chris participated in the second season of the Aris Project’s summer residency program in Maine. A group of emerging artists gathered in a barn to write, act, direct, and design new short and full-length plays. Two showings of new work were presented to the Damariscotta community.
UNCSA
2015-2019
While attending UNCSA, Chris acted in productions of We Are Proud to Present, Middletown, Balm in Gilead, Romeo & Juliet, Stage Door, Man of Mode, The Hairy Ape, and MASS. He also directed the premiere of Merry Love Happy Joy by Gracey Falk.
Man of Mode
February 16 – 25, 2017
Chris acted in Man of Mode directed by Jesse Berger & Bob Francesconi at UNCSA. London’s leading rake wreaks hilarious havoc on high society in the original Restoration Comedy, with help from Sir Fopling Flutter, the first of the Restoration fops.
Aris Project Summer Residency
July – August, 2016
Chris participated in the inaugural season of The Aris Project’s summer residency program in Maine. A group of emerging theatre artists gathered in a barn for the summer to write, act, direct, and design new original short plays. A collection of works were presented at the end of the season for members of the Damariscotta community.
Intern at Clubbed Thumb
May – June, 2016
Chris was an intern at Clubbed Thumb for the 2016 Summer Works theatre season in NYC. He assisted on the world premiere of The Tomb of King Tot directed by Portia Krieger.
Peter Pan
May 29 – June 1, 2014
Chris acted in Peter Pan directed by Will Brooks and Joshua Beaudry at Persephone Theatre. The play was adapted from J.M. Barrie’s beloved novel about the boy who refuses to grow up, and performed with actors rotating between roles.
The Laramie Project
May 16 – 18, 2013
Chris acted in The Laramie Project directed by Will Brooks at Persephone Theatre. The play is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of 21 year-old Matthew Shephard’s murder. Comprised of interviews with town residents, it creates a portrait of a town forced to confront itself.