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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

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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

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