Skip to content
Facebook Twitter Instagram IMDB YouTube

Christopher Prentice

  • Projects
  • News
  • Press
  • MediaExpand
    • 418 Norman Street
  • AboutExpand
    • Resume
    • Bio
  • Contact
Press Kit
Christopher Prentice

News

New Play First Reading: ‘Vortigern,’ Based on True Story of ‘Lost’ Shakespeare Play Hoax
Announcements

New Play First Reading: ‘Vortigern,’ Based on True Story of ‘Lost’ Shakespeare Play Hoax

July 29, 2022March 18, 2023 Announcements

First public reading of Joshua Fardon’s new comedy about Shakespeare, forgery, deceit and the value of art

Read More New Play First Reading: ‘Vortigern,’ Based on True Story of ‘Lost’ Shakespeare Play HoaxContinue

Brand-New Xmas Comedy
Announcements

Brand-New Xmas Comedy

December 17, 2019July 4, 2023 Announcements

How do four writers collaborate on an accessible holiday show? And what happens to the manuscript?

Read More Brand-New Xmas ComedyContinue

Starbuck in Orson Welles’s ‘Moby Dick—Rehearsed’
Announcements

Starbuck in Orson Welles’s ‘Moby Dick—Rehearsed’

March 17, 2019July 21, 2022 Announcements

Starbuck is Hamlet-like in pursuit of Ahab’s white whale.

Read More Starbuck in Orson Welles’s ‘Moby Dick—Rehearsed’Continue

A Midsummer Night's Dream 2019 banner
Announcements

‘Midsummer’ in Midwinter

February 14, 2019May 29, 2022 Announcements

Chris gives a “tight five” intro to the comedy about fairies, lovers, and community theater actors

Read More ‘Midsummer’ in MidwinterContinue

A Baker Street Christmas Caper banner for The Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Announcements

Sherlock at Xmas for Shakespeare Project

December 14, 2018May 29, 2022 Announcements

Chris takes a shot at the famous consulting detective for this holiday special.

Read More Sherlock at Xmas for Shakespeare ProjectContinue

Shakeshafte encore poster for The Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Announcements

‘Shakeshafte’ Encore at UChicago

May 27, 2018July 4, 2023 Announcements

Shakespeare and the Saint—Revived

Read More ‘Shakeshafte’ Encore at UChicagoContinue

Ian Merrill Peakes is Macbeth and Chaon Cross is Lady Macbeth in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of Macbeth, in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare, April 25–June 24, 2018. Photo by Jeff Sciortino.
Announcements

Covering the Scottish Play at Chicago Shakes

April 23, 2018April 28, 2021 Announcements

Chris covers the father to a line of kings at Chicago Shakespeare

Read More Covering the Scottish Play at Chicago ShakesContinue

My Name Is Will 2018 poster for The Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Announcements

Looking for Love: ‘My Name Is Will’

February 12, 2018July 4, 2023 Announcements

Four folks using Shakespeare’s songs and sonnets to find love

Read More Looking for Love: ‘My Name Is Will’Continue

As You Like It 2017 poster for The Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Announcements

Touchstone in ‘As You Like It’ for Shakes Project

October 20, 2017May 3, 2021 Announcements

Chris puts on the motley in this J.R. Sullivan-helmed production.

Read More Touchstone in ‘As You Like It’ for Shakes ProjectContinue

New Play Reading: ‘The Malta Play’
Announcements

New Play Reading: ‘The Malta Play’

September 27, 2017May 4, 2021 Announcements

Two British Quaker women suffer imprisonment by the Inquisition on the island of Malta. Chris plays the prime prosecutor for Artemisia.

Read More New Play Reading: ‘The Malta Play’Continue

Shakeshafte 2017 banner for The Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Announcements

U.S. Premiere Reading: ‘Shakeshafte’

September 27, 2017July 4, 2023 Announcements

The Poet and the Martyr

Read More U.S. Premiere Reading: ‘Shakeshafte’Continue

Love's Labour's Lost 2017 poster for Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Announcements

‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ for Shakes Project

May 5, 2017May 4, 2021 Announcements

Four lords forswear the sight of women, but which one will break first?

Read More ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ for Shakes ProjectContinue

The Changeling poster 2017 poster for The Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Announcements

‘The Changeling’ for Shakespeare Project

February 15, 2017May 4, 2021 Announcements

In a new twist, Chris plays the romantic hero and doesn’t order the murder in this one

Read More ‘The Changeling’ for Shakespeare ProjectContinue

Announcements

New Trailer for ‘Break a Leg’

February 14, 2017May 4, 2021 Announcements

The short film will be distributed internationally and on TV this summer

Read More New Trailer for ‘Break a Leg’Continue

King John 2017 poster for The Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Announcements

‘King John’ and the Bastard

January 13, 2017April 28, 2021 Announcements

The Bastard becomes a hero, and de facto king.

Read More ‘King John’ and the BastardContinue

My Name Is Will 2016 poster for The Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Announcements

‘My Name Is Will’: Sonnets and Songs

November 20, 2016May 5, 2021 Announcements

Chris joins the long-running adaptation of Shakespeare’s songs and sonnets.

Read More ‘My Name Is Will’: Sonnets and SongsContinue

New Play Reading for Equity Library Theatre
Announcements

New Play Reading for Equity Library Theatre

October 19, 2016March 16, 2022 Announcements

A reading of Paul Lewis’s new play The Names, concerning a Jewish opera star defending her sister in World War II Milan.

Read More New Play Reading for Equity Library TheatreContinue

50-Minute Hamlet 2016 poster with Laura St John and Christopher Prentice for The Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Announcements

Return of The Dane

September 24, 2016May 5, 2021 Announcements

Chris gets another shot at the Dane

Read More Return of The DaneContinue

Page navigation

1 2 Next PageNext

Get Social

Facebook Twitter Instagram IMDB YouTube

© 2023 Christopher Prentice - WordPress Theme by Kadence WP

Contact Chris
Scroll to top
  • Home
  • News
  • Projects
  • About
  • Contact
Press Kit
Search