Chris Abraham

Chris Abraham (born 1974) is a Canadian theatre director, most noted as the artistic director of the Crow's Theatre company in Toronto, Ontario since 2007.[1]

Originally from Montreal, Quebec, he studied theatre at the University of Toronto and the National Theatre School of Canada.[1] He was subsequently one of the founding partners in Go Chicken Go, a theatre company of recent NTS graduates.[2] Productions he directed for Go Chicken Go included Peter Handke's Offending the Audience,[2] Anton Piatigorsky's Easy Lenny Lazmon and the Great Western Ascension,[3] Darren O'Donnell's Boxhead,[4] and Abraham's own adaptation of Georg Büchner's Lenz.[1]

In 2001 he was the director of Kristen Thomson's stage play I, Claudia.[5] He subsequently also directed a film adaptation, which premiered at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival[6] and was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list.[7]

He took over artistic direction of Crow's Theatre in 2007, following the retirement of the company's founding artistic director Jim Millan.[8]

He is married to actress Liisa Repo-Martell.[9]

  1. ^ a b c Anne Nothof, "Abraham, Chris". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, May 3, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Vit Wagner, "Theatre and schnitzel: acting a la carte". Toronto Star, June 19, 1997.
  3. ^ Ray Conlogue, "Director's road to acclaim began with bottle drives; Toronto's Chris Abraham is getting the attention of stage veterans". The Globe and Mail, October 12, 1998.
  4. ^ Robert Cushman, "Too much in such a boxy play". National Post, June 10, 2000.
  5. ^ Robert Cushman, "She, Claudia, has a few thoughts on the subject". National Post, April 5, 2001.
  6. ^ Katrina Onstad, "Who was that masked actress?: Kristen Thomson reveals the true face of I, Claudia". National Post, October 1, 2004.
  7. ^ "Best films tells diverse stories; Top Ten Canadian movies honoured New filmmakers being recognized". Toronto Star, December 15, 2004.
  8. ^ Alison Broverman, "As the crow flies away". National Post, November 21, 2006.
  9. ^ Aisling Murphy, "The Actor’s Uncle Vanya : In Conversation with Liisa Repo-Martell". Intermission, August 25, 2022.