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"A brilliantly entertaining show that immediately sweeps the audience up in its joyous storytelling....Baker preserves the sense and sensibility of the novel, transforming it into a richly theatrical experience."

—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Read Press and Reviews of premiere @ Baltimore's Center Stage

Other recent productions:

Mission Hills High School, San Marcos, CA (November 14 – 16, 2019)

Scarborough Players, Scarborough, ON, Canada (March 6 – 21, 2020)

Published by Broadway Play Publishing

Director of a new opera

THE SEANCE

Music by Timothy Peterson and Libretto by Sara Fetherolf

Conductor: Brian Jones

Directed by Christopher Baker

New in November Festival @

Hartford Opera Theater

Hartford, CT

Nov. 17, 2019

New play

THE LINCOLN VAUDEVILLE

by Christopher Baker

Directed by Michael Preston

The Hartt School, Hartford

October 3-6, 2019

Workshopped @ CenterStage, Baltimore (April 2016)

Production @ Trinity College, Hartford (April 2018)

“The Lincoln Vaudeville beguiles...an unconventional, frequently jarring and at times brilliant play. ”—Trinity Tripod

A satiric mash-up of historical figures and contemporary politicos, of presidential excess and popular amnesia, this play with music is an irreverent romp through our American political psyche.

From Top: Elizabeth Ledo, James Frain and Harry Hadden-Paton in The King's Speech @Chicago Shakespeare, photo by Liz Lauren; Nick Rehberger and Katie Kleiger in Pride and Prejudice @ Repertory Theater of St. Louis. Photo by Phillip Hamer; Teryn Kuzma, Charity Clark and Taka Komagata in The Seance @ Hartford Opera Theater, photo by Kim Bova; Lincoln Vaudeville @Hartt School.

Pride

and

Prejudice

The Lifespan of a Fly