About Chris Donovan
With over twenty years of professional experience in the theater, Chris Donovan is a budding stage director based in New York City with credits from NYC theaters as well as College Theatre programs. Recent theatrical directing credits include: Gi60 International One Minute Play Festival at The Tank NYC, Passage by Christopher Chen at SUNY Westchester Community College, and Sweat by Lynn Nottage at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro as both the Fight Director and the role of Stan. Other directing credits include: The Devils Mischief, A Stye of the Eye, and Cleo at Western Connecticut State University, King John at the Producers Club II, and Twelfth Night at Todo 45 NYC.
As an actor, Chris has appeared in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (National Tour), Jersey Boys (Winnipesaukee Playhouse), Mamma Mia (Plaza Theatrical), Damn Yankees (River Rep), Midnight Clear (Riverside Theater), Shakespeare in Space (Mint Theater), Cymbeline (Brick Theater), Delilah (Midtown Festival), Pride & Prejudice (Theatre for a New City), and MacBeth (Edinburgh Fringe/Judith Anderson Theatre NYC).
Chris holds degrees in acting, musical theatre, and directing from Western Connecticut State University, Circle in the Square Theatre School, CUNY Brooklyn College, and Roosevelt University at The Chicago College of the Performing Arts. Chris is a member of SAG/AFTRA, SAFD, and is on the theatre faculty at LIU Post, CUNY City College & SUNY Westchester.
Resumes
Coming Up
Peter and the Starcatcher | Director | LIU Post Theatre Company - Fall 2024
Stupid Kids | Director | SUNY Westchester - Spring 2025
GI60 NYC: One Minute Play Festival | Director/Associate Producer | The Tank NYC - Spring 2025
Theatre
Jersey Boys | Tommy DeVito | Winnipesaukee Playhouse 2024
Mamma Mia! | Harry Bright | Plaza Theatrical 2023
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | National Tour | 2004-2005
Sweat | Stan/Fight Director | UNCG Sprinkle Theatre 2022
The Seagull | Shamrayev | Columbia University 2018
Midnight Clear | Elias | The Riverside Theatre 2001
Damn Yankees | Dell (us Joe/Applegate) | The River Rep at The Ivoryton Playhouse 2001
MacBeth | Banquo (us MacBeth) | Edinburgh Fringe Festival '99/ Judith Anderson Theatre NYC 1999
Film & Television
How We Look | Lead | TBD Fesitvals 2024-2025
The Iceman and the Psychiatrist | Lead | HBO 2002
Rescue Me | Supporting | FX 2004
Directing
Stupid Kids | Director | SUNY Westchester 2025
Peter and the Starcatcher | Director | Long Island University 2024
Gi60 International One Minute Play Festival | Director/Associate Producer | 2024
Passage | Director | SUNY Westchester 2023
Sweat | Stan/Fight Director | UNCG Spinkle Theatre 2022
Teaching
Long Island University Post | Meisner Technique/Play Director | 2023 - Present
SUNY Westchester | Intro to Theatre/Play Director | 2023 - Present
CUNY The City College of New York | Intro to Theatre/Workshop Facilitaor | 2016 - Present
Western Connecticut State University | Meisner Technique/Acting I/Devised Theatre/ Theatre Education/Intro to Theatre| 2017 - 2020
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College | Intro to Theatre | 2015 - 2023
Guilford Technical Community College | History of Theatre/Play Production | 2021
Education & Training
CUNY Brooklyn College | MFA Acting 2014
Roosevelt University at CCPA | MA Directing 2023
Circle in the Square Theatre School | Musical Theatre Conservatory 2001
Western Connecticut State University | BA Theatre Performance 2010
Special Skills
Chris Donovan possesses a wide range of special skills allowing for versatile and compelling performances. These skills include: dialects (British, Cockney, Scottish, Irish, Southern variations, New York, Russian), Football, Baseball, Javelin, Billiards,
All Male Vocal Ranges, Stage Combat/Stunts, *TIE Training