CHRISTOPHER NIESS
Theatre Artist Orlando, Florida
Associate Professor
Acting, Stage Movement and Dance
School of Performing Arts
Theatre
THEATRE DIRECTOR
BALHAUS - ROSENHEIM, KURSAAL - OBERAUDORF, GERMANY
GODSPELL
ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY co-directed with Jim Helsinger
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR with Jim Helsinger
WEST SIDE STORY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR with Jim Helsinger
THE LUCKIEST PEOPLE (premier reading)
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA / THEATRE UCF
PENTECOST
THE NEW MEL BROOKS MUSICAL - YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
REELING
TREVOR
NO SEX PLEASE, WE'RE BRITISH
NICE PEOPLE DANCING TO GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
LOVE, SEX and the I.R.S.
LEND ME A TENOR
A REALITY SHOW
FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS
SCAPIN
THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO
WAITING FOR GODOT
LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART
as MOVEMENT CHOREOGRAPHER:
ANTIGONE
THE GOOD WOMAN OF SETZUAN
MARISOL
MACHINAL
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
GREASE
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
AND THE WORLD GOES ROUND...
THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER
THE VINE THEATRE (Orlando, Florida)
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
OAKLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS (Youngstown, Ohio)
EQUUS
PORTHOUSE THEATRE (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio)
CAMELOT
GREEN SHOW
SUMMERSTOCK INC. (Champion, Ohio)
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
BYE BYE BIRDIE
WEST SIDE STORY
WORKING
DANCE
as CHOREOGRAPHER/PRODUCING DIRECTOR:
GREAT LAKES FESTIVAL BALLET
BALLET THEATRE OHIO
Packard Music Hall (Warren, Ohio)
ALICE IN WONDERLAND*
THE NUTCRACKER
GISELLE
Stambaugh Auditorium (Youngstown, Ohio)
CINDERELLA
THE FIREBIRD
RANDOM IMPLICATIONS
IN AND OUT OF BOUNDS
Mollenkopf Auditorium (Warren, Ohio)
COPPELIA
Ballet Theatre Ohio -- Educational Outreach tour
PETER AND THE WOLF
Murray State University
DANCETHEATREABSTRAKT I & II
FIGHT
ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER
Bad Dog
To Kill a Mockingbird
UCF CONSERVATORY THEATRE
Romeo and Juliet
Guys and Dolls
West Side Story
True West
Noises Off
What the Butler Saw
Balcony Scene
MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY
The Pirates of Penzance
Fool for Love
PORTHOUSE THEATRE
Camelot
Green Show
PERFORMANCE ART
Association of Theatre in Higher Education - New York, New York
Return of the Mutagens
ATHE - San Diego, California
Passion
ATHE - Toronto, Canada
Fool for Love
with co-director Jim Helsinger
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member Actor’s Equity Association, Association of Theatre Movement Educators, Association of Theatre in Higher Education
DIRECTING