Chris Abraham

Chris Abraham

  • 2003 to Present- National Theatre School – Montreal – Instructor/Supervisor  for Directors’ Program
  • 1999-2001-The Montreal Young Company-Montreal – Associate Artistic Director
  • 1997-2004-Theatre Passe Muraille  -Toronto – Company Dramaturg
  • 1998/99-The Factory Theatre-Toronto – Member of the Factory Theatre directors unit
  • 1997/98-The Canadian Stage Company -Toronto – Member of the Canadian Stage Company’s apprentice directors unit

AWARDS

  • 2006     Sterling Award For Outstanding Production Of A Play And Oustanding Direction (Frozen)
  • 2005     Gemini Award For Outstanding Direction In A Dramatic Program Or Mini-Series (I Claudia)
  • 2003     Dora Mavor Moore Nomination-Oustanding Direction (Russell Hill)
  • 2002     Soirees Des Masques Nomination- Mis En Scene (The Glass Menagerie)
  • 2001     Elinore And Lou Siminovitch Prize: Protege Award
  • 2000     Dora Mavor Moore Nomination- Oustanding Direction (Boxhead)
  • 1999    John Hirsch Award For Emerging Director
  • 1999     Ken Macdougall Award For Emerging Directors
  • 1998     Dora Mavor Moore Award- Outstanding Direction (Easy Lenny Lazmon & The Great…)

PLEASE REFER TO THESE INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL AWARDS:

  • 2002:    The Glass Menagerie
  • 2001:    Saltwater Moon
  • 1998:    Easy Lenny Lazmon and the Great Western Ascension
  • 1998:    The Kabbalistic Psychoanalysis of Adam R. Tzaddik

Directing Credits: TELEVISION

2004-Sienna Films/CBC Television-Toronto I Claudia By Kristen Thompson

  • 2005 Gemini Awards for Best Direction and Performance
  • Produced by Sienna Films
  • Screened at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival
  • Listed in Top Ten films of the TIFF 2004

Directing  Credits: FILM

Three features currently in development :

  • Suicide Site Guide to the City with January Films as Director
  • Scientific Romance with Triptych as co-writer and director
  • Available Light with Sienna as co-writer and director

Directing  Credits: THEATRE

2007-Saidye Bronfman Theatre-Montreal 

  • I Am My Own Wife
  • By Doug Wright
  • Presented by the Saidye Bronfman Theatre

2007-Young Centre for the Performing Arts-Toronto

  • The Eco-Show
  • By Daniel Brooks (Co-Director)
  • Presented by Necessary Angel Theatre

2006 (Fall)-Theatre Calgary/Buddies in Bad Times-Calgary/Toronto

  • Insomnia
  • By Daniel Brooks
  • Presented by Necessary Angel Theatre

2006-Theatre Passe Muraille-Toronto

  • Cringeworthy
  • By Alex Poch-Goldin
  • Presented by Planet 88 in association with Theatre Passe Muraille

2006-Theatre Centre-Toronto

  • The Eco-Show
  • -Presented by Necessary Angel Theatre

2006-National Theatre School of Canada-Montreal

  • Flea in her Ear
  • Presented by NTS

2005-Citadel Theatre-Edmonton

  • Frozen
  • By Bryony Lavery
  • Presented by The Citadel Theatre

2005-The Long Valley (Consulting Director), adapted by This is a Bird-Toronto

  • 2005-Centaur Theatre-Montreal
  • Tales From Ovid
  • Adapted By Chris Abraham
  • Presented by The Centaur Theatre

2004-Canadian Stage Company-Toronto

  • The Glass Menagerie
  • By Tennessee Williams
  • Presented by Canadian Stage Company

2004-Tarragon Theatre-Toronto

  • The Unexpected Man
  • By Yasmina Reza
  • Presented by Tarragon Theatre

2004-Theatre Passe Muraille-Toronto

  • Unity 1918
  • By Kevin Kerr
  • Produced by Theatre Passe Muraille

2003-Tarragon Theatre-Toronto

  • I Claudia
  • By Kristen Thomson
  • Presented by Tarragon Theatre

2003-Canadian Stage Company-Toronto

  • Blue Orange
  • By Joe Penhall
  • Produced by Canadian Stage Company

2003-Tarragon Theatre   -Toronto

  • Russell Hill
  • By Chris Earle
  • Produced by Tarragaon Theatre

2002-Manitoba Theatre Centre-Winnipeg

  • The Shape of Things
  • By Neil Labute
  • Presented by MTC

2002-Saidye Bronfmann Centre for the Arts-Montreal

  • The Glass Menagerie
  • By Tennessee Williams
  • Presented by Saidye Bronfmann
  • Winner of Critics’ Choice Award for BEST PRODUCTION

2002-York Shakespeare Festival-Newmarket

  • Romeo and Juliet
  • The Tempest
  • Presented by Resurgence Theatre

2002-Theatre Passe Muraille-Toronto

  • Boxhead
  • By Darren O’Donnell
  • -Presented by Theatre Passe Muraille

2002-Tarragon Theatre-Toronto

  • Well
  • By Jonathan Wilson
  • Presented by Tarragon Theatre

2002 -Tarragon Theatre  -Toronto

  • The Good Life  (Associate Director)
  • By Daniel Brooks (Directed by Brooks)
  • Presented by Tarragon Theatre

2002-Tarragon Theatre-Toronto

  • I Claudia
  • By Kristen Thomson
  • Presented by Tarragon Theatre

2001-Theatre Centre/Belgrade National-Toronto/Belgrade

  • The Vindication of Senyora Clito Mestres
  • By Montserrat Roig
  • Presented by April Productions

2001-Saidye Bronfman Centre-Montreal

  • Saltwater Moon
  • By David French
  • presented by Saidye Bronfman Centre
  • Winner of Critics’ Choice Award for BEST PRODUCTION

2001-Premiere Dance Theatre-Toronto

  • The Lesson
  • By Ionesco
  • presented by Soulpepper

2001-York Shakespeare Festival-Newmarket

  • As You Like It
  • presented by Resurgence Theatre

2001-Tarragon Theatre-Toronto

  • I Claudia
  • By Kristen Thomson
  • -presented by Tarragon Theatre

2001-Saidye Bronfman Centre-Montreal

  • After the Dance
  • By Terence Rattigan
  • presented by the Montreal Young Company

2000-Theatre Passe Muraille-Toronto

  • The Kabbalistic Psychoanalysis of Adam R. Tzaddik
  • presented by Go Chicken Go and TPM

2000-York Shakespeare Festival-Newmarket

  • Twelfth Night
  • presented by the Resurgence Theatre Company

2000-Artword Theatre-Toronto

  • The Offering
  • by Anton Piatagorsky
  • presented by Go-Chicken-Go
  • Nominated for two 1999 Dora Mavor Moore Awards

2000-Factory Theatre-Toronto

  • Boxhead
  • by Darren O’Donnell
  • presented by Go-Chicken-Go

2000-Saidye Bronfmann Centre  -Montreal

  • The Possibilities
  • by Howard Barker
  • presented by the Montreal Young Company
  • 2000 MEAC Award-Best Ensemble

1999-Factory Theatre-Toronto

  • Poopy Pants Meets a Maker: a Suicide Site Guide to the City, Part 1
  • by Darren O’Donnell
  • presented as part of the Factory Theatre Works Festival

1999-Robert Gill Theatre & Solar Stage-Toronto

  • The Man of Destiny
  • by George Bernard Shaw
  • presented  by Solar Stage & The Graduate Centre for Drama at U.of T.

1999-Tour-New York, Toronto, Montreal

  • The Kabbalistic Psychoanalysis of Adam R. Tzaddik
  • by Anton Piatigorsky
  • presented by The New York International Fringe Festival
  • presented by Toronto’s Ashkenaz: a Festival of New Yiddish Culture
  • presented by Montreal’s Maison d’Arts Interculturelles

1999-Poor Alex Theatre-Toronto

  • Mysterium Tremendum
  • by Anton Piatigorsky
  • Produced by Mysterium Co-op for the 1999 Toronto Fringe

1999-Tarragon Theatre and Factory Theatre-Toronto

  • Boxhead
  • by Darren O’Donnell, Chris Abraham, Paul Fauteux
  • First Workshop with Theatre Columbus’ “Mayhem”
  • Second Workshop with Young Directors Collective

1998-Annex Theatre-Toronto

  • Easy Lenny Lazmon and the Great Western Ascension
  • by Anton Piatigorsky
  • Produced by Moriah Production in association with Go Chicken Go
  • Nominated for 9 1999 Dora Mavor Moore Awards
  • 1999 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play, Direction, Lighting, Production (Independent Theatre Division)
  • Nominated for 1999 Chalmers award for New Play

1998-Tarragon Theatre-Toronto

  • The Kabbalistic Psychoanalysis of Adam R. Tzaddik
  • by Anton Piatigorsky
  • Produced by Go Chicken Go for the Summer Works Theatre Festival 1998
  • Winner of the first annual Festival Prize for Best Production

1998-Factory Theatre-Toronto

  • Lenz
  • adapted by Chris Abraham from a short story by Georg Buchner
  • Produced by Go Chicken Go
  • Nominated for 3 1999 Dora Mavor Moore Awards (including Oustanding New Play, Performance by a Male, Lighting
  • 1999 Dora Mavor Moore award for Outstanding Performance by a Male

1997-Studio Theatre, Harbourfront-Toronto

  • What the Butler Saw
  • by Joe Orton
  • Produced by Equity Showcase Theatre

1997-Tarragon Theatre-Toronto

  • Peter: the Ugliest Play in Town
  • by James Harkness
  • Produced by Go Chicken Go as part of the Summerworks Festival ’97

1997-The Blue Cellar Room -Toronto

  • Kaspar
  • by Peter Handke
  • -Produced by Go Chicken Go

1997-The Cameron House-Toronto

  • Offending the Audience
  • by Peter Handke
  • Produced by Go Chicken Go

1996-Tarragon Theatre-Toronto

  • Judith: a Parting from the Body
  • by Howard Barker
  • Produced by Go Chicken Go as part of the Summerworks Festival ’96
  • Assistant Directing Credits

1998-Berkeley Street Theatre-Toronto

  • The Cherry Orchard
  • by Anton Chekhov
  • Produced by Theatre Smith-Gilmour and Theatre Columbus
  • Directed by Dean Gilmour and Leah Cherniak

1998-The National Arts Centre & St.-Lawrence Centre-Toronto

  • Claptrap by Tom Wood
  • Produced by The National Arts Centre & Canadian Stage Co. in association with the Manitoba Theatre Centre
  • Directed by Bob Baker

1997-Theatre Passe Muraille-Toronto

  • Marisol by Jose Rivera
  • Produced by Theatre Passe Muraille
  • Directed by Colin Taylor

1996-Berkeley Street Theatre-Toronto

  • Fires in the Mirror by Anna Deveare-Smith
  • Produced by Theatre WUM in association with Theatre Passe Muraille
  • Directed by Colin Taylor

1996-The Dream in High Park-Toronto

  • Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
  • Produced by The Canadian Stage Company
  • Directed by Tom Wood

1996-The National Theatre School of Canada-Montreal

  • Class Acts by the 1996 Graduating Playwrights
  • Produced by the National Theatre School of Canada
  • Directed by Jackie Maxwell

1995-The St.- Lawrence Centre-Toronto

  • Lips Together Teeth Apart by Terrence McNally
  • Produced by The Canadian Stage Company
  • Directed by Jim Guedo

1995-The Dream in High Park-Toronto

  • Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
  • Produced by The Canadian Stage Company
  • Directed by Tom Wood
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