Chris Abraham

Chris Abraham is a director, designer, and dramaturg. He attended the University of Toronto Theatre Studies program before returning to Montreal to study directing at the National Theatre School of Canada. After leaving Montreal, he apprenticed with most of Canada's premiere theatre companies including the Canadian Stage Company, Theatre Passe Muraille and The National Arts Centre.

Among his many theatre directing credits, his favourites include: I, Claudia (Tarragon Theatre, winner of two Dora Awards), "The Glass Menagerie" (Saidye Bronfman), "Saltwater Moon" (Saidye Bronfman), "As You Like It" and "Twelfth Night" (Resurgence Theatre Company); "Boxhead" (Go Chicken Go) by Darren O’Donnell; "After the Dance" by Terrence Raddigan and "The Possibilities” by Howard Barker (The Montreal Young Company- later awarded best new ensemble for 1999 by MEAC); "The Offering" (Moriah Productions) by Anton Piatigorsky (nominated for the 2000 Dora Mavor Moore award for Outstanding New Play- winning for Outstanding Lighting Design); "Easy Lenny Lazmon and the Great Western Ascension" (Moriah Productions/Go Chicken Go) by Anton Piatigorsky (nominated for nine 1999 Dora Mavor Moore awards, winning five including Outstanding Direction, New Play and Production and also nominated for the 1999 Floyd F. Chalmers award for Outstanding Play); "Lenz" (Go Chicken Go) by Georg Buchner- adapted by Chris Abraham (nominated for three 1999 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play, Performance by a Male and Lighting Design - winning in the category of Outstanding Performance by a Male); "Kaspar” and “Offending the Audience" (Go Chicken Go) both by Peter Handke; "Judith: a parting from the body" (Serious Cow) by Howard Barker.

Chris is the artistic director for Go Chicken Go, a highly lauded Toronto theatre company producing uncompromising versions of contemporary classics and the best in new experimental drama. He was the Associate Artistic Director of Bill Glassco’s Montreal Young Company. He has held the position of Company Dramaturg for Toronto's historic Theatre Passe Muraille for three years and is a member of the Factory Theatre Director's unit. Chris was awarded the 1999 Ken MacDougall and John Hirsch awards for emerging directors. In 2001 Chris received the protégé portion of the prestigious Elinore and Lou Siminovitch prize won by Daniel Brooks.

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