Christopher Shorr

Christopher Shorr is a theatre artist-primarily a writer and director--and Tyrants of Tomorrow Telethon is his first foray into filmmaking. Through all of his work, he strives to prevent audiences, collaborators, and himself from succumbing to complacency. He is particularly interested in the creation of new theatre pieces and in the aggressive re-working of classic texts. "Tyrants" was adapted from Shorr's stage musical "Dictators 4 Dummies" which premiered at Touchstone Theatre in 2018 before touring to Poland. His documentary play "Tribute: September 11" was commissioned by the AmeriCulture Arts Festival in Fitchburg, MA to mark the first anniversary of 9/11, and was revived for the tenth anniversary and performed at Moravian College and at the University of Baltimore. "Rina," his two-person, one-act re-working of Chekhov's "The Three Sisters" was produced at New York's "Chekhov Now Festival" in 2002. His play "Clytemnestra's Daughters," was workshopped at the Southampton Writers Conference, prior to a reading at Touchstone Theatre. "Faust in France," was produced in 2012 at Moravian College, and then workshopped in residence at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre on Cape Cod. His play "Everyman on Trial was produced at Moravian in 2016. Co-authored plays and musicals that have won ABE awards for Best Original Play or Musical: With James Jordan (Artistic Director of Touchstone Theatre), the satirical musicals "The Pan Show: A Cautionary Tale," and "The Pan Show: In Pan We Trust" a musical adaptation of Homer's Odyssey called "Ulysses Dreams," "Bhudoo"-an interactive musical fable-which premiered at Touchstone, followed by performances in Italy (Teatro Potlach) and Hungary (Maladype). Shorr directs the Theatre Program at Moravian College where he is an Associate Professor, and is a member of the Touchstone Theatre Ensemble in Bethlehem, PA.