CHRISTOPHER NIESS
Theatre Artist Orlando, Florida
Associate Professor
Acting, Stage Movement and Dance
School of Performing Arts
Theatre
A.E.A.
ACTING
Regional
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (Host of the Garter)
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Judge Taylor)
KING LEAR (Albany)
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (Ned Cheeryble)
SOMETHING’S MISSING (Preston Roberts)
BONNIE AND CLYDE AT GATE 29 (Clyde)
A KISS FOR CINDERELLA* (Mr. Maloney/Censor)
US AND THEM (PREMIER) (St. Peter)
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Don John)
RICHARD III(showcase) (Richard)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Fairy)
CAMELOT (Sir Gilliam)
TAP SHOES (showcase) (Ricky Boscoe)
ROMEO AND JULIET (Capulet) S
SHAKESPEARE TO GO (Macbeth, Capulet)
NAMES (Clifford Odets) E
EQUUS (Nugget/Horseman)
FAGGOTS OF THE CORONADO (premier) (Kid)
LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE (Yellow Feather/Ranger)
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Dormouse, Mock Turtle, Player
SHENANDOAH (Sam)
BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (Aggie)
NO TIME FOR SARGEANTS (Lt. Abel)
*u/s Policeman (performed) / u/s Danny Duggan (perf)
ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER
ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER
ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER
ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FRINGE - SCOTLAND
PLAYWORKS - CHICAGO
CLEVELAND PLAYHOUSE
THE STUDIO - FLORIDA
PORTHOUSE THEATRE - OHIO
PORTHOUSE THEATRE
PORTHOUSE THEATRE
PORTHOUSE THEATRE
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS STUDIO THEATRE - NYC
KTE - NE OHIO TOUR
KTE - NE OHIO TOUR
HALLE THEATRE - OHIO
OAKLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS - OHIO
GLASS ONION CO-OP THEATRE - NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA REPERTORYTHEATRE
NEBRASKA REPERTORYTHEATRE
FIREHOUSE DINNER THEATRE - NEBRASKA
FIREHOUSE DINNER THEATRE - NEBRASKA
FIREHOUSE DINNER THEATRE - NEBRASKA
Guest (A.E.A.Waiver)
THE FOREIGNER (Owen Musser)
GOOD BOYS AND TRUE (Russell Shea)
PROOF (Robert)
URINETOWN THE MUSICAL! (Old Man Strong)
DANCING AT LUGHNASA (Father Jack)
SOMETHING’S MISSING (premier) (Preston Roberts)
BUS STOP (Dr. Lyman)
PIPPIN (Player)
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (Player)
THE ODD COUPLE (Felix Unger)
WORKING (Frank Decker)
VIEUX CARRE'
HAMLET (Claudius)
THE RIMERS OF ELDRITCH (Peck Johnson)
MACBETH (Macduff)
LIFE IS A DREAM (King Basilio)
THE COUNTRY WIFE (Sparkish)
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (Guildenstern)
A COMEDY OF ERRORS (Duke OF Ephesus)
HELLO DOLLY! (Horace Vandergelder)
AS YOU LIKE IT (Silvius)
LA RONDE (Young Gentleman)
HAMLET (Player Prologue)
CANDIDE (Voltaire, Pangloss, et.al.)
PENNY DREADFULS (John Casewell) (premiere)
SHE LOVES ME (Arpad Laszlo)
THEATRE UCF
THEATRE UCF
UCF CONSERVATORY THEATRE, FL
SUMMERSTAGE ’08, FL
UCF CONSERVATORY THEATRE
UCF CONSERVATORY THEATRE
UCF CONSERVATORY THEATRE
UCF CONSERVATORY THEATRE
JOHNSON THEATRE, KY
SUMMERSTOCK, INC. OH
SUMMERSTOCK, INC. OH
LINCOLN PLAYHOUSE, NE
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN
Film/Commercial/Industrial
LINKAGE INC (training industrial) (Yale MBA)
REAL PREMONITION (film) John (F.B.I. Agent)
KARAOKE KING (film) Nelson
LARRY THE CABLE GUY – HEALTH INSPECTOR (film) Waiter
NICHOLAS TATE (film) Father
MAKE THE DIFFERENCE (multi-media industrial) Professor/Project Director
CONFESSION and DECEIT (short film) Mike
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE (commercial) Fireman
GENERAL ELECTRIC (commercial) Satisfied Customer
RENTAL KING, INC. (commercial) Customer
ORLANDO FLORIDA
ZIAD AHMED, DIR. 'Z' PRODUCTIONS
CASABLANCA - ST. PETERSBURG
J.J. RUSCELLA, DIR. CAIUS PRODUCTIONS
CLEAN PLATE PRODUCTIONS
CLEAR EYE PRODUCTIONS - TAMPA, FLORIDA
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
UCF FILM DEPARTMENT
THE CREATIVE ESTABLISHMENT, NYC
IN-HOUSE, GE, NYC
KENT, OHIO
MFA - ACTING KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
CERTIFICATE (Post-graduate) ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE STUDIO SUMMER ACTING PROGRAMME
BA - THEATRE KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
Additional Undergraduate UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN