Christopher Prentice
ActorDirector
AEA • CAEA
Height: 6’0″ • Hair: Dk. blonde • Eyes: Blue • Voice: Baritone
| Film | ||
|---|---|---|
| Seau de Sang post-production |
Lead | Independent / Sam Sorich |
| Break a Leg | Lead | Independent / Adam Dick |
| Butterfly Premiered at Chicago Int’l Film Fest. |
Lead | Independent / C.K. Olsen |
| Teacher post production |
Featured | Spark in the Dark Prods. / Adam Dick |
| La Luce post production |
Supporting | Independent / Inna Manzhul |
| Beyond Nothing | Lead | DePaul University / Elliot Lear |
| Theater (selected) | ||
| Moby Dick—Rehearsed | A Serious Actor (Starbuck) | Shakespeare Project of Chicago / David Skidmore |
| A Baker Street Christmas Caper | Sherlock Holmes | Shakespeare Project of Chicago / Peter Garino |
| Macbeth | Banquo u/s, Duncan/Doctor u/s (mult. perfs), Bloody Sergeant/Murder u/s (mult. perfs) | Chicago Shakespeare Theater / Aaron Posner & Teller |
| Tug of War: Civil Strife | Richard III u/s | Chicago Shakespeare Theater / Barbara Gaines |
| 50-Minute Hamlet | Guy (Hamlet) | Shakespeare Project of Chicago / Jeff Christian |
| Tug of War: Foreign Fire | Edward III u/s, Henry V u/s | Chicago Shakespeare Theater / Barbara Gaines |
| Elizabeth Rex | Ned | Illinois Shakespeare Festival / Paula Suozzi |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | Illinois Shakespeare Festival / Jonathan West |
| Antony & Cleopatra | Alexas | Illinois Shakespeare Festival / Kevin Rich |
| Measure for Measure | Claudio | Stratford Festival / Martha Henry |
| Othello | Senator/Gentleman, u/s Iago | Stratford Festival / Chris Abraham |
| Mary Stuart | Drury, u/s Mortimer | Stratford Festival / Antoni Cimolino |
| Henry V | Nym, u/s Pistol | Stratford Festival / Des McAnuff |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Watch, u/s Don Pedro | Stratford Festival / Christopher Newton |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | Slender | Stratford Festival / Frank Galati |
| The Grapes of Wrath | Willy/Hooper Guard, u/s Jim Casy | Stratford Festival / Antoni Cimolino |
| The Misanthrope | Basque, Alceste (u/s perf’d) | Stratford Festival / David Grindley |
| As You Like It | 2nd Lord, u/s Dukes F & S | Stratford Festival / Des McAnuff |
| The Winter’s Tale | Dion, u/s Leontes | Stratford Festival / Marti Maraden |
| Bartholomew Fair | Winwife | Stratford Festival / Antoni Cimolino |
| Julius Caesar | Pindarus, u/s Brutus | Stratford Festival / James MacDonald |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Fairy, u/s Puck | Stratford Festival / David Grindley |
| Macbeth | Macbeth | Mont. Shakes. in the Parks / Susan Felder |
| All’s Well That Ends Well | King of France/Lavatch | Mont. Shakes. in the Parks / Joel Jahnke |
| Romeo and Juliet | Mercutio | Chicago Shakespeare Theater / Amanda Dehnert |
| Robin Hood | Robin Hood | Oak Park Festival / Kevin Theis |
| Hamlet | Hamlet | Signal Ensemble Theatre / Ronan Marra |
| The Zoo Story | Jerry | Signal Ensemble Theatre / Ronan Marra |
| The Tempest | Sebastian | First Folio Shakespeare Fest. / Alison C. Vesely |
| She Stoops to Conquer | Marlow | Signal Ensemble Theatre / Ronan Marra |
| Landslide world premiere |
Chris | Signal Ensemble Theatre / Ronan Marra |
| Waiting for Godot | Estragon | Signal Ensemble Theatre / Ronan Marra |
| Catch-22 | Chaplain | Signal Ensemble Theatre / Brandon Bruce |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | Signal Ensemble Theatre / Ronan Marra |
| Picasso at the Lapin Agile | Pablo Picasso | New Leaf Theatre / Brandon Bruce |
| As You Like It | Jacques de Boys | American Players Theatre / Jonathan Smoots |
| Richard II | Surrey | American Players Theatre / David Frank |
| Work Song world premiere |
Eisner/Farris, u/s Frank Lloyd Wright | Milwaukee Rep / Eric Simonson |
| Wit | Technician, u/s Kelekian | Milwaukee Rep / J.R. Sullivan |
| A Christmas Carol | Ensemble, u/s Marley | Milwaukee Rep / Joseph Hanreddy |
| South Pacific | Seabee | Dallas Theater Center / Richard Hamburger |
| Studio & Readings (selected) | ||
| As You Like It theatrical reading |
Touchstone | Shakespeare Project of Chicago / J.R. Sullivan |
| The Malta Play staged reading |
Malachi | Artemisia Theatre / Rachel Iannantuoni |
| Shakeshafte theatrical reading; U.S. premiere |
Hastings (Edmund Campion) | Shakespeare Project of Chicago / Peter Garino |
| Love’s Labour’s Lost theatrical reading |
Berowne | Shakespeare Project of Chicago / Barbara Zahora |
| The Changeling theatrical reading |
Alsemero | Shakespeare Project of Chicago / Steve Scott |
| King John theatrical reading |
Philip the Bastard | Shakespeare Project of Chicago / Peter Garino |
| The Names staged reading |
Schroeder | Equity Library Theatre / Robert W. Behr |
| The Winter’s Tale theatrical reading |
Leontes | Shakespeare Project of Chicago / Barbara Zahora |
| Julius Caesar theatrical reading |
Mark Antony | Shakespeare Project of Chicago / Stephen Spencer |
| The Revenger’s Tragedy theatrical reading |
Vindice | Shakespeare Project of Chicago / Peter Garino |
| The Country Wife | Horner | Birmingham Conservatory / Antoni Cimolino |
| The Provoked Wife | Heartfree | Birmingham Conservatory / Stephen Ouimette |
| Training & Education | ||
| Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre (at Stratford Festival) Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University (BFA – Acting) |
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| Skills | ||
| Recognized Actor/Combatant, SAFD, 1999 (Rapier & Dagger, Broadsword, Hand to Hand), Dialects (British RP, Cockney, Irish, U.S. Southern), Musical Instruments (French horn [3-time Texas AAAAA All-State], Trumpet, Piano), Sight-Reading Music | ||
| Directing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Street Corner Profit | John Servilio | The Artistic Home (Cut to the Chase Fest) | 2015 |
| Old Wicked Songs 2 Jeff Award noms. |
Jon Marans | Signal Ensemble Theatre | 2007 |
| The Weir 3 Jeff Citation noms., incl. Outstanding Ensemble |
Conor McPherson | Signal Ensemble Theatre | 2007 |
| Much Ado About Nothing | William Shakespeare | Quintessential Theatre Company | 1997 |
| Readings & Workshops | |||
| Doctor Faustus (reading) | Christopher Marlowe | Birmingham Conservatory | 2009 |
| Lovers in the Park | Steven Gridley | SMU Meadows School of the Arts | 2000 |
| Assistant Directing | |||
| Darkside | Tom Stoppard; Peter Garino, dir. | Shakespeare Project of Chicago | 2015 |
| Macbeth | Shakespeare; Scott Westerman, dir. | The Artistic Home | 2015 |
| Related Experience | |||
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Text Coach & Dramaturg | Shakespeare Project of Chicago | 2019 |
| Darkside | Production Stage Manager | Shakespeare Project of Chicago | 2015 |
| Macbeth | Text Coach | The Artistic Home | 2015 |