Christopher Kriz (Original Music and Sound Design) is an award winning composer and theatrical sound designer and has been designing for First Folio since 2009. Favorite First Folio designs include: Turn Of The Screw (Jeff Award – Best Sound Design), Silent Sky (Jeff Nomination – Best Original Music), The Madness Of Edgar Allen Poe (Jeff Nomination – Best Sound Design), The Gravedigger, Salvage, The Woman In Black, among many others. Winner of 3 Joseph Jefferson Awards with a total of 14 nominations, Kriz has designed for companies including Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Court Theatre, Writers Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre, Remy Bumppo Theatre, Timeline Theatre and dozens of others. Some recent and upcoming Chicago credits: The Magic Play, Carlyle (Goodman Theatre); Constellations, Monster (Steppenwolf Theatre); Red Velvet (Chicago Shakespeare); Savior (Chicago Symphony Orchestra); Roz and Ray, Hand To God, The House That Will Not Stand  (Victory Gardens Theatre); Gem Of The Ocean (Court Theatre);  Hang, Pygmalion, The Life Of Galileo (Remy Bumppo Theatre); Paradise Blue, Sunset Baby (Timeline Theatre); Hang Man, Pilgrims, A Life Extra Ordinary, Good For Otto (The Gift Theatre); The Columnist (American Blues Theatre); A Funny Thing Happened…, The Source(Route 66 theatre); Significant Other, Bright Half Life (About Face Theatre); Some recent regional credits: Roz and Ray (Seattle Repertory Theatre), Sticky Traps (Kansas City Repertory Theatre) and many summer seasons at Peninsula Players. Recently, Lifeline Theatre premiered Kriz’s musical, Soon I Will Be Invincible. Kriz is a proud member of United Scenic Artists 829.
To hear more of his work, please visit www.christopherkriz.com.