Chris Blisset

Chris Blisset is an actor, musician, composer and director who has worked in forty-five states (and Canada) in the last fifteen years. Off-Broadway he was seen in RockShow (actor, musical director, composer) and Bloodsong of Love (orchestra). He appeared as musical director and actor in both national tours of Stand by Your Man: the Tammy Wynette Story. TV: Killer Couples (Oxygen - Lead Killer). Other regional favorites include: Ring of Fire, Once, Twelfth Night, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Civil War, The Full Monty, Million Dollar Quartet, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Cotton Patch Gospel, Unnecessary Farce (actor, musician, director, musical director in various.) He wrote the arrangements and led the band for Outlaws, the Billy the Kid musical in the NYMTF in 2011. As a composer, Chris works primarily in New York City, where his songs have been sung by Lena Hall, Brenda Braxton and Chris Jackson, among others. "Red" recently performed his one-man show Red-Headed Step Child at Chenango River Theatre in upstate New York. He co-wrote, arranged and performed most of the instruments on Broadway star Felicia Finley's album Great Mood for a Tuesday. He can be seen doing stand-up comedy and is the musical director of The Grand Tour, a George Jones tribute act. Chris is also the composer of the new musical Kung Fusical: the Kung Fu Musical, in development. His music for the short film Life is Funny was recently awarded "Best Musical Score" in the Creative International Film Festival.