Christopher is a director of theatre and opera as well as multidisciplinary works. In 2016, he joined the faculty of Yale University School of Music's Opera department, where he directed and taught acting and movement. He left Yale in 2021 to assume ownership of Ghostlight Theater Camp. He was previously on adjunct faculty at New York University and a guest artist at universities nationwide. In 2014, he was the recipient of the Princess Grace Theater Award Honorarium and was previously honored by the Shubert Foundation through Columbia University.
His work in theatre and opera has been seen worldwide, including the 2015 production of Verdi’s La Traviata at the Mariinsky Opera House in St. Petersburg, Tristan und Isolde in Rijeka, and Suor Angelica in Oslo. Yale Opera credits as movement and fight director include Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Don Quichotte by Massenet. Other productions include Man of La Mancha (Wasserman/Darion/Leigh), The Crucible (Miller), Pericles and Hamlet (Shakespeare), Into the Woods (Sondheim/Lapine), Children of Eden (Schwartz/Caird), and The Three Sisters (Chekhov). New plays and collaborations have included Peter Pan or the Boy Who Hated Mothers (Michael Lluberes), Alphabetical (Tingying Ma), The Sounds of My People (Tabia Lau) and development of works by Matthew Minnicino, Daaimah Mubashshir, and David Kimple. He has worked with Encores! Off-Center, Classic Stage Company, SITI Company and Kansas City Repertory Theatre.
Christopher is a professional member of Actor's Equity Association (AEA) and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) and holds a master’s degree in directing from Columbia University.
Available Workshops
Viewpoints & SUZUKI Training
Mary Overlie’s Viewpoint work deeply influenced Anne Bogart and the SITI Company. I continue to teach an evolving form of Viewpoints, inspired, informed and rooted in Overlie’s and SITI’s work. The world-renowned director Tadashi Suzuki was instrumental in the founding of SITI Company and continues to support SITI’s work and teaching of the Suzuki Method, which seeks to heighten the actor’s emotional and physical power and commitment to each moment on the stage.
Workshops can introduce students to both trainings, or to one in particular, and can be crafted to cover single-day through multi-week schedules.
Musical Theater Practice
From preparation to song selection to audition to rehearsal. Workshops can be crafted to focus on entire process of the musical theatre artist or one element of the journey.
I work to unpack the negative and detrimental tropes that often surround performance for young actors, focusing on highlighting their individual points of view and holistic presence in audition and rehearsal rooms. We speak of how their relationship to the audience remains an integral part of their performance, as much as their relationship to the material or scene partner. In doing so, students leave confident in their ability to craft a theatrical performance, whether 16-bars or 2-acts.
DEVISING Theatrical Works
This course explores the practices of devising theater experiences by connecting to broader social and cultural topics, as well as methods of devising from various theatre companies with whom I have worked closely.
Participants will enhance their physical, emotional, imaginative, and cognitive playfulness in order to be well-equipped for the journey of articulating, shaping, and presenting their artistic visions. This exploration will allow participants to develop a better insight into what kind of theater and performance they are passionate about in order to create their own work while breaking the boundaries of existing forms.