Meet our Director

CHRISTOPHER TEIPNER

DIRECTOR

EDUCATION

B.F.A.-University Wisconsin- Whitewater-- Direction of Musical Theatre and Education

M.F.A.- University Wisconsin- Madison—Scenic Painting and Light Design

PROFESSIONAL DIRECTING

STAGEDOOR PLAYERS DRAMATIC ARTS CENTER- New Richmond, WI

1991-1996- Assistant Artistic Director- Directing over 70 productions including

Annie, Nunsense, Little Shop of Horrors, Music Man, Steel Magnolias, Miracle Worker, Wizard of Oz, Johnny Appleseed, Heidi, and a Christmas Carol.

TWIN CITIES CREDITS

ASHLAND PRODUCTIONS- Maplewood, MN

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,, Godspell(2x), Celebrate A Century of Music, High School Musical (2x), Suessical, Annie, No Strings Attached, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2x), You Ain’t Nothin’ but a Werewolf, Once Upon a Mattress(jr), Bye Bye Birdie, Footloose, Wizard of Oz, Damn Yankees, Urinetown, All

Shook Up, Shrek, Beauty And the Beast(jr) , Jesus Christ Superstar*, Les Miserables (high school version), Pippin *, Grease, Addams Family, Newsies

LAKESHORE PLAYERS- WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN

Once Upon a Mattress, Sound of Music, Something’s Afoot, Suessical, Annie, Young Frankenstein, Into the woods

GREMLIN THEATER-ST. PAUL, MN

Lend Me a Tenor

STARTING GATE PRODUCTIONS- St. Paul, MN

Godspell

LEX HAM COMMUNITY THEATER- St. Paul, MN

Fantasticks

HERITAGE THEATER-Maplewood, MN

Urinetown (Twin Cities Premiere), Into the Woods, Anything Goes, Snoopy!!!, Little Shop of Horrors, Bye Bye Birdie, Steel Magnolias, The Actor’s Nightmare, Suessical, Grease

CHAMELEON THEATRE CIRCLE-Apple Valley, MN

Beyond Therapy

MORRIS PARK PLAYERS- Minneapolis, MN

Into the Woods

WOODBURY COMMUNITY THEATER- Woodbury, MN

Snoopy!!!, Annie Get Your Gun, A Grand Night for Singing

*- winner of Broadway World Best Musical Twin Cities