CHRISTINE MARY DUNFORD

CHRISTINE MARY DUNFORD

Ensemble Member

Since 1989

Teaching Artist

Christine Mary Dunford (she/her) has appeared in nearly two dozen Lookingglass productions. Christine’s three most recent productions include Blood Wedding, Trust, and Our Town. For Lookingglass’ 25th Anniversary Season in 2013, she directed her own original adaptation (Jeff nominated) of Still Alice, based on the book by Lisa Genova, which has been translated into multiple languages and is being produced in small theatres across the world. Over the years Christine has served the company as managing director and director of development, and she co-founded and taught with Lookingglass’ Education and Community program. Christine is Director of the School of Theatre and Music at the University of Illinois at Chicago; and she co-founded and helps run the Memory Ensemble —a partnership between Lookingglass and Northwestern’s Alzheimer’s Disease Center (CNADC)—that uses improvisational performance activities to improve life for people with memory loss. 

Bio as of 2021

Adapted and Directed by ensemble member Christine Mary Dunford from The New York Times bestselling novel by Lisa Genova, Still Alice is “riveting from first second to last… this altogether masterful world premiere is not to be missed.

– Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times

ARTIST MEDIA

LOOKINGGLASS PRODUCTIONS

BLOOD WEDDING, 2016
STILL ALICE, 2013
EASTLAND: A NEW MUSICAL, 2012
TRUST, 2010
OUR TOWN, 2009
MANUSCRIPT FOUND IN SARAGOSSA, 2005
HILLBILLY ANTIGONE, 2005
THE SHAGGS: PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD, 2004
ELEVEN ROOMS OF PROUST, 2000
HER NAME WAS DANGER, 1999
THE BARON IN THE TREES, 1999
THE GREAT FIRE, 1999
GEORGE, 1998
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, 1997
THE VANISHING TWIN, 1996
HEREAFTER, 1995
DREAMING LUCIA, 1995
UP AGAINST IT, 1994
IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, 1993
THE MASTER AND MARGARITA, 1993
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, 1992
ALL SOULS DAY, 1992
EURYDICE, 1991
WEST, 1991
THE JUNGLE, 1990
THE ODYSSEY, 1990

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Performance Studies, Northwestern University
M.A. in Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago
B.S. in Theatre, Northwestern University

CREDITS AND AWARDS

  • THEATRE CREDITS

    ACTING
    Regional:

    • Iktu Blas (The Actors Gymnasium, Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival)
    • Eleven Rooms of Proust (Lookingglass and About Face Theatre)
    • Othello (Shakespeare Repertory Theatre, u/s)
    • Woman’s Day (Zebra Crossing Theatre)
    • Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Buffalo Theatre Ensemble)
    • The Great Gatsby (Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
    • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Arts-Lane Productions)
    • Jesus Christ Superstar, Gypsy (Mill Mountain Theatre)
    • Endgame, Serious Money (Next Theatre Company, Next Generation Project)

    Lookingglass LAB Series:

    • Under the Fig Tree
    • Grail Quest

    DIRECTING/ADAPTING/WRITING

    • Still Alice, Based on the novel by Lisa Genova (Lookingglass Theatre Company)
    • Manuscript Found in Saragossa (Northwestern University)
    • Under the Fig Tree (Lookingglass Lab Series)

  • AWARDS

    • Jeff Award Nomination for Best New Adaptation for Still Alice (Lookingglass Theatre Company, 2013)
    • “Top 10 plays in 2013” by Chicago Sun-Times for Still Alice
    • Jeff Award for Best Ensemble for The Arabian Nights (Lookingglass Theatre Company, 1993)