All My Sons - Arthur Miller's masterful meditation on the American Dream. Miller takes the crucible of a midwestern backyard and fills it with passion, profiteering, and plenty of Mom's grape drink . . . something for everyone. Christian plays Miller's "raging conscience", Chris Keller.
The play will run Jan 27 thru Feb 14 (aw, how sweet) - at PlayMakers Repertory Company, in Chapel Hill, NC. For additional info and tix, visit the website.
08.15.09
Perhaps the greatest American novel - John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath . . . Christian returns to The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey for his seventh production, playing the iconic Tom Joad.
Grapes will run Oct 21 thru Nov 21, in Madison, New Jersey. For additional info and tix, visit the website.
04.01.09
Chicago's Goodman Theatre production of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms has transferred to Broadway, and Christian is understudying the role of Eben. The play, often called America's first great tragedy, is directed by Robert Falls, and stars Brian Dennehy, Carla Gugino and Pablo Schreiber.
Desire begins previews Apr 14 and opens Apr 27, 2009 at Broadway's St. James Theatre. For additional info and tix, visit the official website.
03.01.09
Christian is appearing in an evening of short plays entitled An Eclectic Evening of Shorts - Boxers & Briefs. Get it . . . shorts? . . . oh dear. The play is called Doing Business, and is part of the evening called "Boxers".
Anyhoo, come check it out. He even plays a little guitar . . . well, a regular-size guitar. Dates are Mar 6 - 15 and you can get your tickets at Smarttix. It's also an Equity showcase, so you can show up with your union card an slip in for free.
01.01.09
After playing the title role in the Shakespeare Theatre's Re-Discovery reading of Corneille's The Liar last year, Christian heads back down to DC to workshop David Ives' new adaptation of Corneille's farce.
10.15.08
Ars Nova's annual ANT FEST takes off again. Christian creates various roles in Kerry Whigham's new piece, Nobody Likes the Mormons, a musical journey through the life of Joseph Smith, and the early days of the Mormon Church.
Come check it out. He even sings and plays a little gee-tar . . . LOOK OUT! One night only - Thursday, October 30. Check out the Ars Nova website for all the info.
09.01.08
Electric Pear Productions presents an evening of site specific new plays at Village Community School in New York City, entitled The Parent Teacher Conference Plays.
Christian creates the role of Frederick in Ann Marie Healy's darkly comic new work, The Grafton School.
The play will run Sep 24 - 27, 2008 - in, YES, an actual school - no pushing in the halls, please! The Electric Pear website will fill you in, kids.
05.19.08
On the run after murdering his father, Christy Mahon seeks refuge in Michael Flaherty's pub. There he meets and enchants Flaherty's daughter, Pegeen, much to the dismay of her fiance. But there is more to Christy's story than meets the eye.
Christian reunites with director Bob Moss, playing the titular character in the hilarious and shocking Irish comedy, The Playboy of the Western World at the Hangar Theatre.
The play will run Jul 30 - Aug 9, 2008, in Ithaca, NY. The Hangar website will satiate your heart's desire for more information.
03.15.08
A stranger in a strange land: two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, find themselves in the same city on the same fast-paced, bewildering day in Shakespeare's riotous farce of wild misadventures and mistaken identities. You hear that? Riotous, sister!
Christian returns for his sixth show at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. He'll be adrift in Ephesus as the Syracusan Antipholus in Shakespeare's playful early work, The Comedy of Errors.
The play will run Apr 30 - May 18, 2008, in Madison, NJ. The internets can provide you with the full skinny.
12.01.07
Like the carnage? Like the funny? Sure, who the feck doesn't? Don't miss Christian in the delightfully gruesome black comedy, The Lieutenant of Inishmore.
After playing Peter in Bug and Edgar in King Lear at Syracuse Stage in previous seasons, Christian returns to take on the mad Lieutenant in Martin McDonagh's second installment of his Aran Trilogy. A critical success on Broadway and winner of Britain's Olivier Award, Inishmore explores what happens when cycles of violence spin out of control, and land somewhere in the realm of absurdity.
The run is Jan 16 - Feb 3, 2008. Want more deets? The Syracuse Stage website can fill you in.