Chris Abraham (Associate Artist)

Represented by Kish Iqbal

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