
this world of yes
Theatre Work of Chris Woodworth
"yes is a world
& in this world of
yes live
(skilfully curled)
all worlds"
—e. e. cummings "love is a place"

Chris Woodworth
Acting Resume
Like many theatre artists, acting was how I first became interested in theatre. Although most of my theatrical work is behind the directing table or with a pen in my hand, I still enjoy performing. In recent years I have rekindled my love of acting, appearing on stages as small as the front seat of my car (Dashboard Dramas in Rochester Fringe Festival) and as large as a 1,400 seat opera house (Dear Elizabeth at the Smith Opera House in Geneva, NY).
Theatre (selected)
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Dashboard After Dark, "Stake Out" — Vee — Rochester Fringe Festival
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Dashboard Dramas IX, "This Must Be The Place" — Cam — Rochester Fringe Festival
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Dashboard Dramas VIII, "Giddy Uptown" — Montana — Rochester Fringe Festival
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Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind — Chris— Blackfriars Theatre
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Dear Elizabeth — Elizabeth Bishop — Missing Marquee Theatre / Smith Opera House
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Dashboard Dramas VI, “Hot Seat” —Lindsey — Rochester Fringe Festival
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Traumaturgy —Victoria Demming Lawrence — Bloomington Playwrights Project
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The Scrooge Variations — Mrs. Cratchitt / Ensemble — Bloomington Playwrights Project
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On the Twentieth Century — Letitia Peabody Primrose — Geneva Theatre Guild
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Oliver — Widow Corney — Geneva Theatre Guild
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Sally’s Rape— Jeannie — Bowling Green State University
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Over the River & Through the Woods — Aida — Bowling Green State University
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Bash —Young Woman — Bowling Green State University
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Still Life — Cheryl — Bowling Green State University
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Independence — Kess — Indiana University
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Getting Out —Arlene — St. Lawrence University
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Polaroid Stories — Persephone / Semele — St. Lawrence University
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Beggar on Horseback — Mrs. Cady — St. Lawrence University
Film
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Come Fly With Us — Ringmaster — Roc City Circus
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The Hollers — Mother — Short film, 2015; Dir. Thomas Mendolia
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All-Female Pseudolus — Pseudolus — NEH Summer Institute: Roman Comedy in Performance
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Mercator—English Version A — Wife — NEH Summer Institute: Roman Comedy in Performance
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Mercator—English Version B — Wife — NEH Summer Institute: Roman Comedy in Performance
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Mercator—Latin Version — Wife — NEH Summer Institute: Roman Comedy in Performance
Education and Training
PhD Theatre (Bowling Green State U.); MA Theatre & Drama (Indiana U.); BA Speech & Theatre (St. Lawrence U.)
Additional Training
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Aerial Arts —silks, lyra, hammock, static trapeze (Roc City Circus, Aerial Arts of Rochester, 2016-present)
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Frantic Assembly Masterclass Series (2021)
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PUSH Physical Theatre Summer Intensive (2016, 2017, 2023)
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SITI Summer Theater Intensive (2014; trained in Suzuki, Viewpoints, & Composition)
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LaMaMa Umbria International Directors Symposium (Trained with Tina Landau, Master Oh, Claudia Castellucci, Stephan Koplowitz, [2015] Anne Bogart, Aikiko Aizawa, Maya Zbib, Annie-B Parson, Dijana Milosovic, Basil Twist, Jean-Guy Lecat, Andrei Serban [2019])