Christopher Baker
dramaturg · playwright · director · teacher
Recent.
Opera Director
HAVING GUESTS FOR DINNER
by Nick Bentz and Robert Ellsworth Feng
Directed by Christopher Baker
Hartford Opera Theater
November 2021
Adaptation
Breakdancing Shakespeare:
LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST
Adapted by Christopher Baker
Directed by Nina Pinchon
Hartford Stage
August 2021
Dramaturg for North American Premiere and Tour
by David Seidler
Directed by Michael Wilson
Dramaturg: Christopher Baker
September 12 - October 20, 2019
National Theater (Washington, DC)
February 11 - February 16, 2020
Popular adaptation
Adapted by Christopher Baker
"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
Repertory Theater of St. Louis
December 4 - 29, 2019
Directed by Hana Sharif
Center Stage (Baltimore)
September 11-October 11, 2015
Directed by Hana Sharif
Other Productions:
Discovery Outpost Performing Arts (OK), November 2021
Crofton High School (MD), November 2021
Canyon Theater Guild (CA), August 2021
Gibault High School, January 2021
Scarbourough Players (ON, Canada), March 2020
Mission Hills High School (CA), November 2019
Hartsbrook High School (MA), June 2016




From Top: Chao Ma, Olivia Wallace and Davis Martin in Having Guests for Dinner @ Hartford Opera Theater, photo by Kim Bova; poster for Hartford Stage's Breakdancing Shakespeare; 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.
© 2022 by CHRISTOPHER BAKER
Pride
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Prejudice
The Lifespan of a Fly