Better living through art.
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'; font-size: 10pt; ">Chris Anthony</span> is a director, teacher, actor and administrator specializing in community-based art making. Holding an MFA from California Institute of the Arts, she has taught in venues ranging from Elementary Schools to Adult Correctional Facilities.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; "> </span><br style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; "><br>Ms. Anthony began her career with The Black Rep in St. Louis. In 2008 and 2009, she returned to direct <span style="font-style: italic; ">Othello</span> and <span style="font-style: italic; ">Romeo & Juliet</span> (respectively). The latter was hailed as "the production [to] measure every other staging against" by St. Louis' Riverfront Times.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; "><br style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; ">She has worked with the award-winning Will Power to Youth program for over a decade. In addition to producing <a href="http://www.shakespearecenter.org/index.asp?PageTypeId=3&PageDetailId=131&PageSectionId=4" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 153, 204); ">Will Power</a> (in Los Angeles and Richmond, VA), Chris also runs the Will Power to Schools, <a href="http://www.shakespearecenter.org/index.asp?PageTypeId=3&PageDetailId=131&PageSectionId=5" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 153, 204); ">Play On!</a>, Will to Lead, and <a href="http://www.shakespearecenter.org/index.asp?PageTypeId=3&PageDetailId=131&PageSectionId=10" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 153, 204); ">Youth Arts Professionals Summer Institute</a>. <br><br>She has been a guest lecturer at the University of Southern California, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Cal Poly Pomona and Laverne University. A current board member of Theater for Young Audiences/USA, her past professional affiliations have included Plaza de la Raza, Cornerstone Theater, P.L.A.Y. at Center Theatre Group and Young Native Voices.</span></span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div>