Christopher Prentice is a co-founder and former producing artistic director of Signal. His appearances include with the company include Hamlet (title role), The Zoo Story (Jerry), She Stoops to Conquer (Young Marlow), Waiting for Godot (Estragon), Landslide (Chris), Catch-22 (Chaplain) and Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick). He directed critically acclaimed productions of The Weir (three Jeff Citation nominations) and Old Wicked Songs (two Jeff Award nominations) for Signal. Other Chicago acting credits include Mercutio in Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); the title role in Robin Hood (Oak Park Festival Theatre); The Tempest (First Folio Shakespeare Festival); the world premiere musical Practical Anatomy (Sansculottes); the title roles in Hamlet (Velvet Willies), Macbeth (Chase Park), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (New Leaf); Booth in Assassins (Boxer Rebellion); Jaques in As You Like It, Lafew in All's Well That Ends Well (Velvet Willies); understudying and performing in The Three Musketeers (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Pride and Prejudice (Northlight), Measure for Measure (Next), as well as several seasons in school outreach productions of Shakespeare (First Folio). He has performed in staged and concert readings for Irish Rep, Chicago Dramatists and Stage Left. His regional work includes seasons with American Players Theatre, Milwaukee Rep and Illinois Shakespeare Festival and South Pacific at Dallas Theater Center. His film work includes the short indie BUTTERFLY. A native Texan, Prentice holds a B.F.A. from Southern Methodist University's Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas. Also an accomplished musician, he is an alumnus of the world champion Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps and a newly published composer of works for wind band (TRN Music). He is a proud member of Actor's Equity Association.

Christopher Prentice appears this summer in Macbeth and All's Well That Ends Well with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks.

PRODUCTIONS

Old Wicked Songs - Director
Hamlet - Hamlet
The Weir - Director
The Zoo Story - Jerry
She Stoops to Conquer - Young Marlow
Waiting for Godot - Estragon
Landslide - Chris
Catch-22 - Chaplain
Much Ado About Nothing - Benedick