ABOUT Chris
Chris has over twenty years of production management experience, having spent 17 years as the Director of Production at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. At CST he served as a senior member of the leadership and producing team focusing on strategic, operational, and programmatic endeavors, while leading the production efforts of the theater. Chris was a key member of the Chicago Shakespeare leadership team responsible for project management and creation of The Yard theater with Charcoalblue. He has been fortunate to collaborate with some of the world’s most prominent and respected theaters including the Abbey Theater, La Comedie Francaise, Farber Foundry, National Theater of Scotland, Kneehigh Theatre, Belarus Free Theatre, Isango Ensemble, Druid Theater Company, Colla Marionnette Company, the Market Theatre of Johannesburg, Ontroerend Goed, Compagnie du Hanneton, and others. He has had the opportunity to tour work to venues in England, Scotland, Germany, South Africa, Australia, and South Korea. Chris has provided production related consultancy services to Category 41 Experiential Entertainment related to large scale immersive work, and to Pemberley Productions producing and general management efforts around commercial touring. He was the Production Manager for Umalleniay Productions from 2003-2006, as a proud member of Chicago’s vibrant storefront theater community.
Born and raised in Oakland, CA, Chris moved to Chicago to get his degree in at Northwestern University, focusing on Production Management. After almost two decades as Director of Production at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, he joined internationally renowned theater consultancy Charcoalblue. With that team he is leading planning efforts on projects including the renovation of the historic Apollo Theatre in NYC, the new Goizueta Stage for the Alliance Theater and Atlanta Symphony in Atlanta, and Definition Theater Company’s new home in Chicago, among others.
He is a recreational mycologist, seven-time marathon runner, avid traveler, and SCUBA diving enthusiast. He is assisted in all arenas by his two rescue pitbulls Bria and Beau.