Christopher J Staley
Actor, Director, Teaching Artist
PhD Student in Theatre and Performance Studies
University of Pittsburgh
News and Updates
What I’ve Got Going On
Acting and Directing
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Remote Collaboration on Sonic Cartography and Clepsydra (Choreography/Movement) with Devon Osamu Tipp and Sarah Alice Steranka. Additional Link Here
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Summer 2021: Training with SITI Company, Skidmore Intensive
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Summer 2021: Training in Toga Mura Japan with the Suzuki Company of Toga
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Summer 2021: Training with Theatre Nohgaku at Hampden Sydney College
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Played "Doyle" in Pittsburgh Public Theatre's reading of The Wake as part of their 2020 PLAYTIME Series
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Played the role of "Franz" in Appropriate at Pitt Stages
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Directed Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights at Pitt Stages
Select Scholarly Work
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Presenter, “Greetings from the Edge/End of the Earth/World: Sekai No Hate Kara Konnichiwa as Multipodal Macbeth.” Re-Mapping Shakespeare: Hybridity, Diversity, and Adaptation Seminar. European Shakespeare Research Association Conference. June 3-6, 2021. Athens Greece (Online).
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Panel Presentation, "The Traditional Antinomy of Suzuki Tadashi's Theatre: Globalism and Interculturalism as Multipodal Performance." UCLA TAPS Graduate Conference, "Contact: Performing Proximity" February 2021
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"Fear of Death and Lyrical Flight: Mortality Salience Mediation in Fun Home." In Theatre and the Macabre, edited by Kevin Wetmore and Meredith Conti. University of Wales Press: Forthcoming.
Member, Yoga Alliance (RYT-200 Hours from ISHTA Yoga)