Christopher Prentice
ActorDirector
AEA • CAEA
Height: 6’0″ • Hair: Dk. blonde • Eyes: Blue • Voice: Baritone
Film | ||
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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 | |||
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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 |