Christopher Prentice
ActorDirector
Chris recently starred in Much Ado About Nothing (as Beatrice) and Elizabeth Rex at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. He also wrapped a lead on the indie film Break a Leg. In 2013 he appeared in his fifth season at Canada’s Stratford Festival where he played Claudio in Martha Henry’s production of Measure for Measure and appeared in Antoni Cimolino’s Mary Stuart and Chris Abraham’s Othello.
AEA • CAEA
Height: 6’0″ • Hair: Dk. blonde • Eyes: Blue • Voice: Baritone
| Film | ||
|---|---|---|
| Seau de Sang in 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 | 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) | ||
| Macbeth | Banquo u/s | Chicago Shakespeare Theater / Aaron Posner & Teller |
| Tug of War: Civil Strife | Richard III u/s | Chicago Shakespeare Theater / Barbara Gaines |
| 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 | 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) |
||
| 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. | The The Shakespeare Project of Chicago | 2015 |
| Macbeth | Shakespeare; Scott Westerman, dir. | The Artistic Home | 2015 |
| Related Experience | |||
| Darkside | Production Stage Manager | The The Shakespeare Project of Chicago | 2015 |
| Macbeth | Text Coach | The Artistic Home | 2015 |