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Salem, Oregon, United States
Chris Harris is currently Professor of Theatre and Resident Scene Designer at Willamette University, where he has been teaching for twenty-three years. Prior to that he taught at the University of Illinois-Chicago for seven years. Former President of the Oak Park Festival Theatre in Chicago, Chris Harris has designed over two hundred productions and his work has been seen in London, Toronto, New York, St. Louis, Chicago, and Portland, OR. Included in these are the American Professional Premieres of The Rover, Barnaby Sweet, The Sickness of Youth in Chicago, Father Dreams in St. Louis, and Picasso In The Back Seat in Portland. He received a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Leeds in England. He was selected as an English Speaking Union scholar for theatre study in the U.S.A., receiving an M.F.A. in scene and costume design from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Selective Scene Designs:

Agamemnon (1988)
Agamemnon - Thyestes Eats

The Alchemist (1987)
The Alchemist - Preshow

All My Sons (2002)
All My Sons - Act 1

Arcadia (1998)
Arcadia - Act I

Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been (1992)
AreYouNow Or Have You Ever Been - Basic Set

As You Like It (1987)
As You Like It - Finale

The Ash Girl (2006)
The Ash Girl - Basic Set

Between Two Worlds (The Dybbuk) (1997)
Between Two Worlds - Basic Set

The Balcony (1980)
The Balcony - Chief of Police, the Queen & The Envoy

Big Love (2002)
Big Love - 6

Blood Of The Lamb (1989)
Blood of the Lamb - Pre-show

Blood Wedding (1978)
BloodWedding - Preshow

Boys' Life (1997)
Boys Life - Basic Set

Candida (1988)
BasicSet copy

Confession In Wood (2006)
Confession In Wood

The Crucible (1983)
The Crucible - Preshow

A Cry of Players (1975)
A Cry Of Players - Audience Seating

Cupid And Psyche (2003)
Cupid and Psyche - 4

Cymbeline (1983)
Cymbeline - Roman Army Attacks

Dancing At Lughnasa (1995)
Dancing At Lughnasa - Preshow

Death And The King's Horseman (1990)
Death and the King's Horseman - Market

The Diviners (2002)
The Diviners - Tilling the Field

A Doll's House (2000)
A Doll's House - Basic Set

Dr. Faustus (1981)
Dr. Faustus - Make me immortal with a kiss

Eastern Standard (1992)
Eastern Standard - Act II Beach House

A Flea In Her Ear (1999)
A Flea In Her Ear - House

The Glass Menagerie (1985)
The Glass Menagerie - Basic Set

God's Country (1990)
God's Country - Rallies

The Grey Zone (1999)

Hamlet (1982)
Hamlet - Act I - Ghost of Hamlet

Home (1975)
Home - Beginning

The Hostage (1998)

How I Learned To Drive (2000)
How I learned To Drive - Set

The Importance Of Being Earnest (1990)
The Importance of Being Earnest - Act I

Iphegenia (1990)
Iphigenia - Iphigenia and Agamemnon

Julius Caesar (1985)
Julius Caesar - Opening

Luann Hampton Laverty Oberlander (1984)
Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander - Act I Bar

A Lie Of The Mind (2004)
A Lie of the Mind - Blue Moon

Lysistrata (1999)
Lysistrata - The Plot

Macbeth (1978)
Macbeth - Basic Set

The Maids (1994)
The Maids - Act I

Marisol (2004)
Marisol - 4

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981)
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Opening Court

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1984)
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Basic Set

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1998)
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Ghost Behind the Drop

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2002)
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Preshow

Mr. Price or Tropical Madness (1982)
Mr. Price or Tropical Madness - Hotel

Mysteries Of The Heart (2005)

Never In My Lifetime (1989)
Never In My Lifetime - Viewpoints

On The Verge (1998)
On The Verge - Basic Set

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1984)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Set

O Pioneers! (2007)
O Pioneers! - Sunset

Othello (1994)
Othello - Set 2

Quilters (1987)
Quilters - Basic Set

Quilters (2001)
Quilters - Preshow

The Reluctant Dragon (2004)
The Reluctant Dragon - Dragon In Cave

Romeo And Juliet (1977)
Romeo and Juliet - Basic Set

Romeo And Juliet (1998)
Romeo and Juliet - Preshow

The Rover (1979)
The Rover - Basic Set

The Rover (1993)
The Rover - Sword Fight

Salome (1982)
Salome - Preshow

Savage In Limbo (2003)
Savage In Limbo - Booth shot

The Sisterhood (1996)
The Sisterhood - Preshow

SubUrbia (1999)
SubUrbia - Early Evening

Sueno (2005)
Sueno - 4 - Court

Summer And Smoke (1984)
Summer and Smoke - Audience Entrance

Tartuffe (2001)
SetShroudedArt copy

Terra Nova (1993)
Terra Nova - Final Act I Tableau

The Tempest (1984)
The Tempest - The Storm Subsides

The Threepenny Opera (1979)
The Threepenny Opera - Ballad Of Mack The Knife

Twelfth Night (1983)
Twelfth Night - Captain and Sebastian

The Twins (Menaechmi) (1981)
The Twins - Preshow

The Sea (1997)

The Sickness Of Youth (1980)
The Sickness of Youth - Preshow

Tongue Of A Bird (2005)
Tongue of a Bird - Preset

The Tooth Of Crime (1991)
The Tooth of Crime - Crow's Song

Twelfth Night (1983)
Twelfth Night - Preset

The Waters Of Babylon (1983)
The Waters of Babylon - Krank's Flat

Two For The Seesaw (1987)
Two For The Seesaw - Basic Set

Waiting For Godot (1974)
Waiting For Godot - Basic Set

W(h)acked (2007)
W(h)acked - The Pledge

When Will I Dance (1991)
When Will I Dance - Basic Set

Women of Troy (1993)
Women Of Troy - Basic Set

Wowra - My Life Among The Saints (2006)

You Never Can Tell (2001)
You Never Can Tell - Act III (Hotel)

5th Of July (1986)
5th of July - Preshowe

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