American prodigy Stephen Hoffman travels to Vienna to jump start his creatively blocked career where he studies with Professor Mashkan, a man with a murky past and penchant for slurring Jews. Old world tradition clashes with 20th century modernism as the pair struggles to find common ground through artistic expression. The music of Robert Schumann proves the thread that binds them in this Pulitzer Prize-nominated play.

Chris’s production for Signal Ensemble Theatre was nominated for two Jeff Awards—for each of its leading men, Vincent L. Lonergan and Shawn Pfautsch.