Christopher Carter Sanderson

Directing SSD&C Associate Member over sixty productions since 1986, including:
Vassa Vheleznova
by Maxim Gorky
Duo Theater Horizon Theatre Rep NYC
Oct 2006
4 Women
by Cheever Tyler
Greenwich Street Theater One For My Baby LLC, NYC
Feb 2006
The Lady and the Tiger and the Prince of Dixwell Avenue New play by John Guare, staged reading 2006*
Savior Jewel Box Theater Midtown Theater Festival NYC 2005
Hedda Gabler University Theatre Yale School of Drama 2005
Bridesburg The New Theater Yale School of Drama 2004
. . ."said Said The Annex Yale School of Drama 2004
Richard III The New Theater Yale School of Drama 2003
UBU IS KING! The Yale Cabaret Yale Cabaret 2002*
A Midsummer Night's Dream Washington Square Park Gorilla Rep 1989-2002
Macbeth Ft. Tryon Park Gorilla Rep 1989-2002
Romeo and Juliet Central Park Bandshell Gorilla Rep 2002
The Death of King Arthur Central Park Gorilla Rep 2001*
Cymbeline Riverside Park Gorilla Rep 2001
Story of an Unknown Man FL 413 Gorilla Rep 2000
The Cherry Orchard Washington Square Park Gorilla Rep 1999
Alice in Wonderland Harry DuJur Playhouse GR/Henry ST. 1997-1998*
Twelfth Night NYC Parks Gorilla Rep 1999-2000
King Lear Washington Square Park Gorilla Rep 1996
A Bestiary Tribeca Lab GR/Tribeca Lab 1995
Faust The New Musical Comedy House of Candles Gorilla Rep 1997*
UBU IS KING! various locations Gorilla Rep 1991-2001
* commissioned and dramaturged

Founding Artistic and Producing Director of Gorilla Repertory Theater Company, Inc.

The mission of Gorilla Repertory Theater Company is to provide the highest quality productions of classical and important dramatic material to people in public spaces. Incorporated in 1992, Gorilla Rep has received grants from the NEA, New York Department of Cultural Affairs, The Laura Pels Foundation, and numerous individual donors, Over fitiy productions, the vast majority of which were free of charge to the public, have garnered numerrous accolades in the domestic and international press. Growing from one show per year to five, Gorilla Rep has been cited and praised by public figures including Rudolph Giuliani as a vital part of New York's Cultural scene. TCG Member. TRU Member.

Educational Positions

Associate Fellow. Calhoun College, Yale University, 2004-current
Adjunct Professor, Directing, Yale University 2001 and 2002 Adjunct Professor, Shakespearean Acting, Princeton University 2001 Faculty Fellow for Davenport College 2001 and 2002 Yale University, Faculty Fellow for Mathey College 2001, Princeton University, Graduate Fellow for Jonathan Edwards College, 2002.2003, Calhoun College 2004.2005, Yale Faculty Advisor, Yale College Directors Club 2001-2004, Invited lecture/demos: Pace, Rutgers, Rice, Manhattan Marymount, and Brown 1996-2001

Publications

Gorilla Theatre, Routlege 2003 (review, American Theater Magazine 2004)
Introduction to Washington Square Dreams, in New Plays and Playwrights 2001
Interviews for theatermania.com 1998-1999
From the Directors Chair monthly column, New York Casting 1991-1993
UBU IS KING! one-act adaptation of Ubu Roi Accolades Arts Press 2005 (third printing current)

Education

Yale School of Drama.MFA in Directing. 2005. Kenneth D. Moxley Memorial Scholarship recipient New York University Tisch School of the Arts Experimental Theater Wing. BFA in Theater. 1990.Honors for Outstanding Contribution as Independent Producer and Director