ACTING COACH INFO Chris Jorie - Acting Coach Info LINKS Stoneham Theatre | MetroNorth's Award-Winning Professional Theatre It's a Wonderful Life A family-friendly holiday classic directed by Chris Jorie November 28—December 21, 2008. Our ninth annual holiday show It's a Wonderful Life New Repertory Theatre, the Resident Professional Theatre Company Exits and Entrances. a drama by Athol Fugard directed by Chris Jorie February 22-March 15, 2009 Exits and Entrances Revels -- Voices from the Mountain In this original musical theatre production by Chris Jorie, the ensemble will explore the life and work of one of America’s first “songcatchers. ... Revels -- Voices from the Mountain Underground Railway Theatre presents - STATES OF GRACE - Kitchen Sink Surrealism directed by Chris Jorie March 18th – April 11th, 2009 Based on stories, poems and essays of artist and troublemaker, the late great Grace Paley STATES OF GRACE - Kitchen Sink Surrealism Orlando Arts Magazine - "The Ubiquitous Chris" REVIEWS Exits and Entrances - "In their roles as The Playwright and Andre, MacDonald and Lyman light up the stage for the play’s brief, but luminous, 80 minutes. Under Chris Jorie’s direction, they create a palpable sense of connection with a warmth and intensity that carries the play and gives its political and dramatic observations a genuine and humanly relevant feel.” EDGE Boston, 2/28/09 It's a Wonderful Life - “HOLIDAY SPIRIT THRIVES IN THEATRE'S "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE"... "The production is, well, wonderful, and flows smoothly under the direction of Chris Jorie." The Independent 12/3/08 Doubt - “Orlando Theatre Project gives us a stellar 'Doubt'. Director Chris Jorie has made this a bullet train of a production, one that tears from start to finish in no time, but also one that never misses the telling gesture or the subtle look. ” Sentinel 3/28/08 Revels - "The 37th annual staging of the Revels' winter solstice celebration is a feast for eyes and ears." – Boston Globe, 12/17/07... A Body of Water - “In the hands of director Chris Jorie and his cast, Orlando Theatre Project has given A Body of Water a thoughtful production – one that will engender glorious conversation for those theatergoers who like something to chew on long into the night.” Sentinel 3/23/07 Savages - Anne Nelson's historical drama has a lacerating beauty. Set in Manila, 1902, during the raging Philippine-American War, it manages to compress a continuous cycle of conquest and retribution into one night of charged encounters between a naïve young soldier (Brett Holland), whose job it is to guard an ailing military officer on trial, and the Filipina nurse Maridol (Julie Danao-Salkin), who is there to ease the accused man's suffering before his trial resumes again in the morning. Major Waller (James Matthew Ryan) is like a figure out of Conrad - bloodshot and ravaged, accused of enigmatic crimes, half-mad with memory. Nelson, a former war correspondent, brings eloquence to this wartime drama, and the director, Chris Jorie, elicits quietly incisive work from his cast. The New Yorker 3/27/06 Coyote On A Fence - “In Orlando Theatre Project’s eloquent production of the drama, Chris Jorie, one of the most sensitive directors around, has led his skillful, savvy cast to avoid the easy choices...” Orlando Sentinel 1/8/05 See Rock City - “Director Chris Jorie has given Hutton’s play a lovely little production - handsome, leisurely, and filled with compassion for the characters and their lot. “ Orlando Sentinel 5/3/06 Wit - “This revival by the Orlando Theatre Project kicks off its 20th-anniversary season; director Chris Jorie, who also directed the play in 2000, offers a production that is both skillful and eloquent. “ Orlando Sentinel 10/22/05 “The play is currently being staged by the Orlando Theatre Project at the Orlando Repertory Theatre, in a first-rate and moving production directed by Chris Jorie and starring Jan Wikstrom.” Orlando Weekly 10/27/05 Intermission - “But we save the best for last in the artfully written and exquisitely performed and directed production of Intermission. The dialogue is orgasmic and the three actors performing it are even more so, superbly directed by Chris Jorie.” Orlando Sentinel 5/20/04 Fences - The humble production of August Wilson's "Fences" at People's Theatre proudly achieves the type of artistic quality that will put this city on the map. ..just talent, which People's Theatre has in abundance. Director Chris Jorie uses this talent to capture the poetry of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play written by the African-American playwright/activist. “ Weekly 2/12/28 My Fair Lady - “Certainly you can see director Chris Jorie’s touch all over My Fair Lady’s latest revival - in the painstaking casting, in the attention to clarity in detail, in the care he has taken with actors in even the briefest parts, who look bright and spirited and engaged in everything they do.” Orlando Sentinel 9/5/03 Boston Marriage - “Mamet’s parlor game is a winner. They parry and thrust in three briskly played scenes in The Orlando Theatre Project’s spot-perfect production of the piece. Becky Fisher and Anne Hering, perfectly rehearsed by director Chris Jorie, and evenly matched as players, make every line sing and every put-down sting. You have to rent an old Marx Brothers comedy to duplicate this timing.” Orlando Sentinel , 8/2/03 Proof - “In David Auburn’s Pulitzer -prize and Tony-award winning play, now being staged in an elegant and moving production by Orlando Theatre Project...in theater, the proof is in the playing. In this impressive production, one only needs to do the math to determine that all the numbers add up to a fine and satisfying evening.” Orlando Weekly, 1/9/03 The Magician’s Nephew - ”The intent of the Aspen Theatre in the Park is on the side of the angels. After all, training new audiences can’t start too early. And the company has given the production an all-out effort from a handsome set to fully-worked-out characters.” The Denver Post 7/14/98 Shirley Valentine - “Every once in a while there occurs a production which seems to have ‘genius’ written all over it. Such a show is now playing at the Oldcastle Theatre in Bennington, Vermont. Ms. Decker winningly captures all the nuances of this character, and she is directed with great sympathy by Chris Jorie.” WAMC Public Radio 2/28/01 The Guys - “The Guys needs no famous faces to make it larger than life. This story about two disparate New Yorkers is less about the tragedy of September 11 than about the people left behind - and the connections, through tragedy that they make. In the hands of Chris Jorie, a plain tale has kept its simplicity, its grace and its focus on the unknown people who stand for us all. “ Orlando Sentinel 4/18/03 Honk! - “The Rep’s ‘Honk!’ is a joyful blast. This beguiling musical about an oddball duckling is sheer fun. Director Chris Jorie has brought together and absolutely charming cast.” Orlando Sentinel 5/14/04 [Main Page - Gallery] [Biography - Resume] [Demo Reel - Video Clips] [Reviews - Acting Coach Info] Contact Copyright 2006, Chris Jorie, All rights reserved Graphics by Judy Conti Web Design and Maintenance by Letchford Design