Chris Abraham (born 1974) is a Canadian theatre director, most noted as the artistic director of the Crow's Theatre company in Toronto, Ontario since 2007.[1]
Originally from Montreal, Quebec, he studied theatre at the University of Toronto and the National Theatre School of Canada.[1] He was subsequently one of the founding partners in Go Chicken Go, a theatre company of recent NTS graduates.[2] Productions he directed for Go Chicken Go included Peter Handke's Offending the Audience,[2] Anton Piatigorsky's Easy Lenny Lazmon and the Great Western Ascension,[3] Darren O'Donnell's Boxhead,[4] and Abraham's own adaptation of Georg Büchner's Lenz.[1]
In 2001 he was the director of Kristen Thomson's stage play I, Claudia.[5] He subsequently also directed a film adaptation, which premiered at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival[6] and was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list.[7]
He took over artistic direction of Crow's Theatre in 2007, following the retirement of the company's founding artistic director Jim Millan.[8]
He is married to actress Liisa Repo-Martell.[9]
| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dora Mavor Moore Awards | 1999 | Best Direction, Independent Theatre | Easy Lenny Lazmon and the Great Western Ascension | Won | [10] |
| Outstanding Set Design, Independent Theatre | Nominated | [11] | |||
| Outstanding New Play or Musical, Independent Theatre | Lenz | Nominated | |||
| 2001 | Best Direction, Independent Theatre | Boxhead | Nominated | ||
| 2003 | Best Direction, General Theatre | Russell Hill | Nominated | [12] | |
| 2006 | Best Direction, Independent Theatre | Cringeworthy | Nominated | [13] | |
| 2007 | Best Direction, General Theatre | Insomnia | Nominated | [14] | |
| 2009 | I, Claudia | Nominated | [15] | ||
| Best Direction, Independent Theatre | Eternal Hydra | Won | [16] | ||
| 2013 | Best Direction, General Theatre | The Little Years | Won | [17] | |
| Someone Else | Nominated | ||||
| 2020 | Julius Caesar | Nominated | [18] | ||
| 2024 | The Master Plan | Pending | [19] | ||
| Gemini Awards | 2005 | Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | I, Claudia | Won | [20] |
| Siminovitch Prize in Theatre | 2001 | Protégé | Self | Won | [21] |
| 2013 | Recipient | Won | [22] |