Theater Director
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Founding Artistic and Producing Director at Gorilla Repertory Theater Company, Inc.
- Past
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- Boatswain's Mate Second Class at United States Navy
- graduate student in Directing at Yale School of Drama
- Author at Routledge
- adjunct professor at Yale University
- Adjunct Professor at Princeton University
- Education
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- Yale University
- New York University
- Princeton High School
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Christopher Carter Sanderson’s Summary
Professional producer and director of theater (new works, Shakespeare, classics, musicals) in New York since 1986.
Founded and been working on and with Gorilla Repertory Theater since 1992.
Newly fledged opera director after much study, with a fully staged excerpt from "Cymbeline" by Christopher Berg performed and three operas booked with Opera in the Heights in Houston, TX as Resident Theatrical Director 2009-2010 Season.
Adjunct teaching work in universities including Princeton and Yale after years of lecture/demos and guest lectures, which I still do - most recently in Tennessee!
I'm interested in working for a university in the theater department and continuing my professional development by directing for other companies and finding partnerships with my company.
Someday, someone is going to take a chance on me to direct a feature film, and we'll both be very happy about that.
Always glad to send along my resume, reviews or whatever materials you'd like to see.
Christopher Carter Sanderson’s Specialties:
directing, dramaturgy, play development, opera directing, theatre season planning, fundraising, international partnerships, gorilla theater, theater history, dramatic literature, physical theater, Six Viewpoints, Grotowski techniques, film directing, non-fiction writing, government relations, relationship building and permits, nfp issues, PR for nfp companies, Shakespeare, acting, boats, marine diesel engine operation, working knots, music composition and theory, musicals
Christopher Carter Sanderson’s Experience
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Founding Artistic and Producing Director
Gorilla Repertory Theater Company, Inc.
(Performing Arts industry)
January 1992 — Present (17 years 11 months)
Produce and direct theater to serve the mission of Gorilla Rep, which is: to provide the highest-quality productions of classical dramatic material with the flavor of contemporary immediacy for people where they are for free. Tens of thousands of happy audience members, over a dozen rave New York Times reviews...
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Boatswain's Mate Second Class
United States Navy
(Government Agency; USN; Military industry)
January 2005 — July 2008 (3 years 7 months)
US Navy Reserve
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graduate student in Directing
Yale School of Drama
(Performing Arts industry)
2002 — 2005 (3 years )
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Author
Routledge
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)
2003 — 2003 (less than a year)
Routledge publishes my book, "Gorilla Theatre" which is meant to be a guide to doing the kind of theatre that my company is known for. The book has received great reviews in American Theater magazine and Theater Topics.
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adjunct professor
Yale University
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
1999 — 2002 (3 years )
Taught theatrical directing class, was a student advisor (second reader)and directed a capstone project for three seniors. It was a production of Othello.
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Adjunct Professor
Princeton University
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2001 — December 2001 (4 months)
Taught Shakespearean Acting.
Christopher Carter Sanderson’s Education
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Yale University
MFA Directing , Directing , 2002 — 2005
- Activities and Societies:
- Yale School of Drama
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New York University
BFA , Acting, Honors for Directing and Producing , 1986 — 1990
- Activities and Societies:
- SAC, Experimental Theater Wing, Tisch School of the Arts, Undergraduate Drama Dept.
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Princeton High School
Dropout , general, poetry, drama, music, debate , 1978 — 1983
Came back from Paris, took some more time to figure things out, got my GED and got back on track eventually.
- Activities and Societies:
- Drama Club, Debate Team, Student Representative to School Board, Music Theory and Composition, Orchestra, Bass Viol, The Cheshire Cat, Hoagie Haven
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Christopher Carter Sanderson’s Interests:
Shakespeare, theatre, Gulf States, Dubai, UAE, Kuwait, theatre and film projects, sponsorship for theatre theater projects, teaching, workshops, presentations, guest lectures, directing, producing, "Gorilla Theatre", Gorilla Rep
Christopher Carter Sanderson’s Groups:
Society of Satge Directors & Choreographers, ATHE, Theater Resources Unlimited
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Christopher Carter Sanderson’s Honors:
Kenneth D. Moxley Memorial Scholarship recipient (merit), Yale.
New York University Tisch School of the Arts Honors for Outstanding Contribution as Independent Producer and Director.
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