
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"
Resume
Chris Woodworth
Director and Playwright—Geneva, NY— cwoodworth@hws.edu — 315-781-4581
***Read some of my plays on the New Play Exchange.***

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Constellations — Bartlett Theater (Durham, NC)
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Art v. Activism: A Domestic Dispute — 24 Hour Capital Region / Berkshires Theatre Project (WAM Theatre)
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Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays — Paper Lantern Theatre (Greensboro, NC)
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie —Theatre 232 (Triad Stage/ UNCG Theatre)
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Almost, Maine —Millbrook Playhouse (Mill Hall, PA)
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Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind — Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre
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From Beyond: Geneva's Unheard Voices — Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre and Historic Geneva
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Supernatural Saunter: The Spirit(s) of William Smith — Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre
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Metamorphoses (cancelled due to COVID-19) — Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre and Geneva Theatre Guild
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Love/Sick — Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre
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5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche — Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre
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She Kills Monsters — Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre
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Good Kids — Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre
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Alice in Wonderland (Manhattan Project) — Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre
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Radium Girls — Hobart & William Smith Colleges Theatre
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Polaroid Stories — UNCG Theatre
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In the Blood — UNCG Theatre
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The Laramie Project — Lock Haven University
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Machinal — Lock Haven University
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Nickel and Dimed — Lock Haven University
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Vinegar Tom — Bowling Green State University
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Tissue — St. Lawrence University
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American Voices — St. Lawrence University
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Under the Vanity and The Garden — Smith Opera House (as part of Celebrate The Smith Immersive Theatre Event for 125th anniversary)
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Circle Mirror Transformation — Geneva Theatre Guild (in association with the HWS Department of Theatre)
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The Exonerated (staged reading) — Hobart & William Smith Colleges (in association with the Witness to Innocence Campus Events)
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From Beyond: Washington St. Cemetery Stories — Geneva Historical Society
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And Baby Makes Seven — Headless Sullivan Theatre
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The Guys — Studio B at the Broach
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Jane: Abortion and the Underground — UNCG VOX
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Jane: Abortion and the Underground — Planned Parenthood of Northwest Ohio
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Gypsy —Geneva Theatre Guild
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Haiku (Part of Point of View: An Evening of One-Acts)— Geneva Theatre Guild
Youth Theatre and TYA Directing
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Treasure Island — Bristol Valley Theater
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Revenge — Bristol Valley Theater
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Marmalade Gumdrops — Nancy Curvin Playground Players
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The Pushcart War — Geneva Youth Theatre
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Patchwork — Nancy Curvin Playground Players
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Heads and Tales — Nancy Curvin Playground Players
Full Length (completed):
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Fossenvue
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Reading: Three Bears Historic Courthouse, November 12, 2022
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Reading: Women's Rights National Historical Park, April 30, 2022
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Reading: Historic Geneva, November 2, 2021
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Syracuse Stage, COLD Read Festival, "Write Here" Playwright, March 2022 (cancelled due to COVID-19)
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Petrichor
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Semi-Finalist, Ashland New Plays Festival, 2023
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Semi-Finalist, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, 2023
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Medea Kills Her Children
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Grant: Individual Artist Grant (Statewide Community Regrant-NYS Council on the Arts)
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Full Lengths (works-in-progress):
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Queen of the Air [working title] (a play for Actors and Aerialists for Roc City Circus, Rochester, NY)
Short/One-Acts: Productions
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The Last Bee
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Production: Buffalo Quickies #32 / Alleyway Theatre (Buffalo, NY) March 2023
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[Commissioned for this event.]
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Something Blue
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Production: Stage It! 10-Minute Play Festival, Center for the Arts Bonita Springs (FL), May 2023
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Publication: Stage It! 7: Thirty 10-Minute Plays
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Making Room and Captain Zygote and the Blastocysts Appearing Live with the Embryonic Orchestra
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Production: One-Minute Play Festival / Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca, NY July 2019
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Engorged
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Production: One-Minute Play Festival / Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca, NY July 2018
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Publication: Molecule-a tiny lit mag, Issue 7 (Fall 2022), pg. 27
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Impasse
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Production: One-Minute Play Festival / Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca, NY July 2018
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Short/One-Acts—Readings:
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What to Expect
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Reading: Geneva Theatre Guild Playwrights' Play Readings, April 22-24, 2022
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Semi-finalist: Stage It! 10-Minute Play Festival, Bonita Arts, 2022.
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All That Remains
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Reading: Fisher Center for the Study of Gender and Culture, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, March 2022.
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Sure.
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Reading: First Fridays / The Barrow Group, NYC (Zoom), March 2021
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Other Short/One-Acts:
Just Desserts
Moving On
Studying
Location, Location, Location
Code Name Astrea
#feedthefire
Little Bully
Education
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Bowling Green State University, PhD in Theatre, 2005
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Indiana University, M.A. in Theatre and Drama, 2001
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St. Lawrence University, B.A. in Speech and Theatre / English Literature, 1999
Affiliations
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Stage Directors and Choreographers Society - Full Member (2015)
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Dramatists Guild - Member (2023)
Additional Credentials
Acting Resume available here. Full academic c.v. available upon request.
Training and Professional Development
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PUSH Physical Theatre Summer Intensive (2016, 2017, 2023)
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LaMaMa Umbria International Directors Symposium (2015, 2019)
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Directors Lab North, Tarragon Theatre (2015)
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SITI Summer Theater Workshop (2014)
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Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab (2013)
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NEH Summer Institute: Roman Comedy in Performance (2012)
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Mellon School of Theater and Performance Research at Harvard University (2012)