this world of yes
The Directing, Dramaturgy, and Scholarship of Chris Woodworth
"yes is a world
& in this world of
yes live
(skilfully curled)
all worlds"
—e. e. cummings "love is a place"
Resume
Chris Woodworth
Director—Geneva, NY— cwoodworth@hws.edu — 315-781-4581
Professional Directing
Constellations Bartlett Theater (Durham, NC)
Art v. Activism: A Domestic Dispute 24 Hour Capital Region / Berkshires Theatre Project (WAM Theatre)
Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays Paper Lantern Theatre
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Theatre 232 (Triad Stage/ UNCG Theatre)
Almost, Maine Millbrook Playhouse
University Directing
Supernatural Saunter: The Spirit(s) of William Smith Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre (in Pre-Production)
Metamorphoses (cancelled due to COVID-19) Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre and Geneva Theatre Guild
Love/Sick Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre
5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre
She Kills Monsters Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre
Good Kids Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre
Alice in Wonderland (Manhattan Project) Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre
Radium Girls Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre
Polaroid Stories UNCG Theatre
In the Blood UNCG Theatre
The Laramie Project Lock Haven University
Machinal Lock Haven University
Nickel and Dimed Lock Haven University
Vinegar Tom Bowling Green State University
Tissue St. Lawrence University
American Voices St. Lawrence University
Community-Based Directing
Under the Vanity and The Garden Smith Opera House (as part of Celebrate The Smith Immersive Theatre Event for 125th
anniversary)
Circle Mirror Transformation Geneva Theatre Guild (in association with the HWS Department of Theatre)
The Exonerated (staged reading) Hobart & William Smith Colleges (in association with the Witness to Innocence Campus Events)
From Beyond: Washington St. Cemetery Stories Geneva Historical Society
And Baby Makes Seven Headless Sullivan Theatre
The Guys Studio B at the Broach
Jane: Abortion and the Underground UNCG VOX
Jane: Abortion and the Underground Planned Parenthood of Northwest Ohio
Gypsy Geneva Theatre Guild
Haiku Geneva Theatre Guild
Youth Theatre and TYA Directing
Youth Theatre and TYA Directing
Treasure Island Bristol Valley Theater
Revenge Bristol Valley Theater
Marmalade Gumdrops Nancy Curvin Playground Players
The Pushcart War Geneva Youth Theatre
Patchwork Nancy Curvin Playground Players
Heads and Tales Nancy Curvin Playground Players
Playwriting
Selected Plays—Short/One-Acts:
Sure. Reading: First Fridays / The Barrow Group, NYC (Zoom), March 2021
Making Room Production: One-Minute Play Festival / Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca, NY July 2019
Captain Zygote and the Blastocysts Appearing Live with the Embryonic Orchestra
Production: One-Minute Play Festival / Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca, NY July 2019
Engorged Production: One-Minute Play Festival / Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca, NY July 2018
Impasse Production: One-Minute Play Festival / Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca, NY July 2018
Education
Bowling Green State University, PhD in Theatre, 2005
Indiana University, M.A. in Theatre and Drama, 2001
St. Lawrence University, B.A. in Speech and Theatre / English Literature, 1999
Affiliations and Professional Development
Stage Directors and Choreographers Society - Full Member (2015)
PUSH Physical Theatre Summer Intensive (2016, 2017)
LaMaMa Umbria International Directors Symposium (2015, 2019)
Directors Lab North, Tarragon Theatre (2015)
SITI Summer Theater Workshop (2014)
Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab (2013)
NEH Summer Institute: Roman Comedy in Performance (2012)
Mellon School of Theater and Performance Research at Harvard University (2012)
Academic Credentials
Full academic c.v. available upon request.