Christopher Richards
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David Christopher Richards, best known as Christopher Richards (born November 29, 1961 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian actor, playwright and theatre designer.
Richards grew up in Markham and later Astorville. Richards studied acting at York University between 1982 and 1986, working as a dresser at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival during summer breaks.
After graduating from York in 1986, Richards formed a drag troupe, The BoHo Girls. Taking on the mantle of Artist Director and Designer, Richards honed a style of visual comedy which would inform later works. In 1994, Richards and John Wimbs Jr. authored Molly Wood, a full length play about Alexander Wood, Toronto's "first" gay man. Initially thought of as a vehicle for the BoHo Girls, Molly Wood, developed into a full-length theatrical production after the depth of the subject matter was fully researched. Opening at the Bathurst Street Theatre, Molly Wood garnered Richards Dora Awards for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Production of a Play, Large Theatre division in 1995[1]. Following the break-up of the BoHo Girls, Richards began collaborating with a group of Toronto comedians, who's efforts produced a series of mini-musicals. The end result of this creative teaming was The Drowsy Chaperone. The Drowsy Chaperone was first staged at The Rivoli on 1998, followed by a run at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 1999. Writing in Variety, Mira Friedlander cited the production values of this version as incentive for further productions. [1] The Variety article caught the attention of Mirvish Productions and the musical was again staged at the Theatre Passe Muraille in 1999. Richards was nominated for a Dora Award for his Costume designs on this production. The Drowsy Chaperone was then added to the Mirvish subscription series with a production at Toronto's Winter Garden in 2002.
Throughout the 1990's Richards was a frequent contributor to Xtra!.
Other entertainment credits include casting for TV and Feature Films[2].
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[edit] Plays
Molly Wood (1994), Lovers & Madmen, directed by Ned Vukovic
The Mostly True Musical Legend of the Beautiful Boho Girls (2009)
[edit] Drag Shows
All-Beehive Revue Salute to Mother's Day (1989) Pimblett's
Multi-Medea (1889) 249 A Gerrard Street, Rooftop
Make-over Massacre (1989) Pimblett's
The X-mas Show (1989) Chaps
Beach Party BoHo (1990) Chaps
Scary-Boo BoHo (1990) Chaps
The Greatest BoHo Story Ever Told (1991) Chaps
Go-Go Mary (1991) Buddies In Bad Times (George Street)
Vive Lava Difference (1991) Chaps
Lost In Time (1994) Chaps
Secret Agent Show (1995) Woody's
Pooky Goes to Hell (1995) Woody's
Lady Winter (1996) Woody's
Pooky Goes to Hell (1996) The Rivoli
[edit] Costume Design
Molly Wood (1994) Lover's & Madmen, Bathurst Street Theatre
The Misfit (1995) Lovers & Madmen, Bathurst Street Theatre
Stephen & Mr. Wilde (1995) Lovers & Madmen, Bathurst Street Theatre
Rock That Rainbow (1996) Brock & John Productions, The Rivoli
Short Leave (1997) Brock & John Productions, The Rivoli
The Drowsy Chaperone (1998) The Rivoli
The Drowsy Chaperone (1999) The Toronto Fringe Festival, The George Ignatieff Theatre
The Drowsy Chaperone (1999) John Karastimatis, Theatre Passe Muraille
The Drowsy Chaperone (2002) Mirvish Productions, Winter Garden
