Christopher Baker
dramaturg · playwright · director · teacher
Production Dramaturgy
Off-Broadway
The Roads to Home (by Horton Foote, dir. by Michael Wilson),
Primary Stages @ The Cherry Lane Theater, 2016.
The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore (by Tennessee Williams, dir. by Michael Wilson),
Roundabout Theatre @ Laura Pels Theatre, 2011.
The Orphans’ Home Cycle (by Horton Foote, dir. by Michael Wilson),
Signature Theatre, 2009.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Chicago, IL
The King's Speech (dir. by Michael Wilson), 2019
North American premiere prior to tour
American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA
The Night of the Iguana (dir. by Michael Wilson), 2017
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Slobodan Unkovski), 1990
In Twilight (dir. by Tina Landau), 1990
The Miser (dir. by Andrei Serban), 1990
Mastergate (dir. by Michael Engler), 1989
Twelfth Night (dir. by Andrei Serban), 1989
Platonov (dir. by Liviu Ciulei), 1988
PanOpera, Northampton, MA
La Traviata (dir. by Michelle Hendrick), 2018
University of Connecticut Opera Theater, Storrs, CT
The Lantern Marriage and Suor Angelica (dir. by Michelle Hendrick), 2018
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Refugee (premiere by Milan Dragicevich, dir. by Nikita Milivojevic), 2016
Hungry Hill (by Carole Gaunt, dir. by Kara-Lynn Vaeni), 2013. Workshop and staged reading
of adaptation of Gaunt’s autobiographical book.
Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT
Breakdancing Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew (dir. by Aurelia Clunie) 2015
Breakdancing Shakespeare: Love’s Labor’s Lost (dir. by Nina Pinchon) 2014
Breakdancing Shakespeare: Two Gentleman of Verona (dir. by Jennifer Roberts) 2013
Breakdancing Much Ado About Nothing (dir. by Nina Pinchon) 2012
The Tempest (dir. by Darko Tresnjak) 2012
The Whipping Man (dir. by Hana Sharif) 2012
Water by the Spoonful (premiere by Quiara Alegría Hudes, dir. by Davis McCallum), 2011.
Winner of Pulitzer Prize
The Crucible (dir. by Gordon Edelstein) 2011
Snow Falling on Cedars (dir. by Jeremy Cohen) 2011
Antony and Cleopatra (dir. by Tina Landau), 2010
The Orphans’ Home Cycle (by Horton Foote, dir. by Michael Wilson), 2009. Premiere of 9-play
cycle, co-produced with Signature Theatre, NY.
To Kill A Mockingbird (dir. by Michael Wilson), 2009
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (dir. by Lisa Peterson), 2008
The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore (dir. by Michael Wilson), 2008
Zerline’s Tale (by Jeremy Sams from Hermann Broch, dir. by Michael Wilson), 2008. English-
language premiere adaptation .
Chick (premiere by David Grimm, dir. by Michael Wilson), 2007
Mahalia (dir. by Jeremy Cohen), 2007
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (by Luis Alfaro, dir. by Lisa Peterson), 2007
Summer and Smoke (dir. by Michael Wilson), 2006. Production moved to PaperMill
Playhouse)
A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur (dir. by Michael Wilson), 2006
Floyd & Clea Under the Western Sky (premiere by David Cale, dir. Michael Wilson), 2005
Othello (dir. by Karin Coonrod), 2005
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (dir. by Michael Wilson), 2005
The Learned Ladies of Park Avenue (premiere adaptation by David Grimm, dir. by
Michael Wilson), 2005
The Bay at Nice (dir. by Michael Wilson), 2004
The Mystery of Irma Vep (dir. by Michael Wilson), 2004
8 by Tenn, (dir. by Michael Wilson), 2003. Eight one-act plays by Tennessee Williams,
including 2 premieres.
Electra (dir. by Jonathan Wilson), 2003
Edgardo Mine (premiere by Alfred Uhry, dir. by Doug Hughes), 2002
Constant Star (dir. by Tazewell Thompson) 2002
Tea at Five (premiere by Matthew Lombardo, dir. by John Tillinger), 2002. Production
moved Off-Broadway
The Philadelphia Story (dir. by David Warren), 2001
Baptiste (premiere by William Luce, dir. David Warren), 2001
The Glass Menagerie (dir. by Michael Wilson), 2001. Production moved to Alley Theatre and
American Repertory Theatre
Oedipus (dir. by Jonathan Wilson), 2001. Premiere of adaptation developed with script
consultant Adrienne Kennedy
Macbeth (dir. by Michael Wilson), 2000
Rough Crossing (dir. by Tracy Brigden), 2000
Comedy of Errors (dir. by Mark Brokaw), 2000
Enchanted April (premiere by Matthew Barber, dir. by Michael Wilson), 2000. Production
moved to Broadway
Camino Real (dir. by Michael Wilson), 1999
The Death of Papa (dir. by Michael Wilson), 1999
The Clearing (dir. by Tracy Brigden), 1999
Long Day’s Journey Into Night (dir. by Michael Wilson), 1999
A Christmas Carol (dir. by Michael Wilson), 1998
A Streetcar Named Desire (dir. by Michael Wilson), 1998
Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Romeo and Juliet (dir. by Michelle Hendrick), 2009
PlayMakers Repertory Company, Chapel Hill, NC
The Threepenny Opera (dir. by Bart Sher), 1998
Molly Sweeney (dir. by Susie Fuller), 1997
The Death of Papa (premiere by Horton Foote, dir. by Michael Wilson), 1996
The Seagull (dir. by Michael Wilson), 1996
A Perfect Ganesh (dir. by Daniel Fish), 1995
The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC
Love’s Labour’s Lost (dir. by Laird Williamson), 1995
The Taming of the Shrew (dir. by Adrian Hall), 1995
The School for Scandal (dir. by Joe Dowling), 1995
Henry IV, parts 1 and 2 (dir. by Michael Kahn), 1994
Alley Theatre, Houston, TX
And Then There Were None (dir. by Gregory Boyd), 1994
Tartuffe (dir. by Gregory Boyd, Michael Fields, Donald Forrest, Joan Schirle), 1994
Billy Bishop Goes to War (dir. by Gregory Boyd), 1993
Hamlet: a monologue (adapt. by Wolfgang Weins, dir. by Robert Wilson.), 1993. Workshop
at Watermill , NY
Macbeth (dir. by Gregory Boyd), 1993
Our Town (dir. by Jose Quintero) 1993
Cyrano de Bergerac (dir. by Gregory Boyd), 1993
Dancing at Lughnasa (dir. by Michael Wilson) 1993
Danton’s Death (dir. by Robert Wilson), 1992. Premiere adaptation by Robert Auletta The Kiddie Pool (premiere by Michael Wilson, dir. by Ron Link), 1992
The Front Page (dir. by Gregory Boyd), 1992
American Vaudeville (conceived and directed by Anne Bogart and Tina Landau), 1992
Lips Together, Teeth Apart (dir. by Michael Wilson), 1992
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (dir. by Gregory Boyd), 1992
Svengali (dir. by Gregory Boyd), 1991
Other People’s Money (dir. by Michael Wilson), 1991
A Flea in Her Ear (dir. by Gregory Boyd), 1991
A Christmas Carol (dir. by Michael Wilson), 1990
As You Like It (dir. by Gregory Boyd), 1990
