CHRIS SORENSEN
Chris is a graduate of the Rutgers Professional Actor Training Program where he studied under William Esper and Maggie Flanagan. He is an original company member of The Present Company, producers of the NY Fringe. He has taught/directed at Cornell University, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Atlantic Theatre Company School and Interlochen.
After a fateful run-in with a commuter bus (the bus won), he stepped down from the stage and began writing plays commissioned by the Butte Theater and the Thin Air Theatre Company. Productions of his plays have broken all box office records and have ensured future funding by the City of Cripple Creek.
After paying his dues as a script reader for Big Beach Films, Filbert Steps and ScriptLaunch, Chris ventured forth with stories of his own:
Chris is a graduate of the Rutgers Professional Actor Training Program where he studied under William Esper and Maggie Flanagan. He is an original company member of The Present Company, producers of the NY Fringe. He has taught/directed at Cornell University, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Atlantic Theatre Company School and Interlochen.
After a fateful run-in with a commuter bus (the bus won), he stepped down from the stage and began writing plays commissioned by the Butte Theater and the Thin Air Theatre Company. Productions of his plays have broken all box office records and have ensured future funding by the City of Cripple Creek.
After paying his dues as a script reader for Big Beach Films, Filbert Steps and ScriptLaunch, Chris ventured forth with stories of his own:
- SUCKERVILLE (optioned – Level 10 Films)
- Winner: 2010 Writers Boot Camp Horror Genre Fellowship
- 2nd Place: 2011 Free Screenplay Contest
- Finalist: 2011 Freak Show Horror Film Festival, 2011 BlueCat Fellini Awards
- BEE TORNADO (available)
- Winner: 2012 Free Screenplay Contest
- Finalist: 2012 StoryPros Contest
- THE HOUSE ON THE LAKE (optioned – Steven Williford)
- THE ROSWELL PROJECT (in production – Window Light Productions)
- CLASSIC ROCK (short – optioned by Seymore Films
- DOUBLE OR NOTHING (short – produced by Level 10 Films)
- A VALENTINE FOR BERNIE (short – produced by Budosh Movies)
- THE BOY SMILES (short – purchased by Bora Bora Films)