Christopher Johnson
Assistant Artistic Director & Resident Acting Ensemble
Christopher Johnson first came to The Rogue in 2011 to play Jewel in As I Lay Dying, and now serves as Assistant Artistic Director and Play-reading Producer. The recipient of eight Arizona Daily Star Mac Award nominations for Best Director, his directing credits include The Rogue’s productions of Under Milk Wood, Heartbreak House, The Seafarer, Great Expectations, Passage, The Awakening, The Weir, A View from the Bridge, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Middletown, The Crucible, Three Tall Women, Penelope, and The Picture of Dorian Gray; as well as Rogue’s play-readings of Seascape, Marjorie Prime, Heroes of the Fourth Turning, I Am My Own Wife, Our Country’s Good, Loveplay, Let Me Down Easy, Everybody, The Illusion, No Exit, Don Juan in Hell, A House of Pomegranates, The River, and Elizabeth Rex. Elsewhere in Tucson Christopher has directed boom, Cabaret, The Year Of Magical Thinking, The Altruists, and Speech & Debate for Winding Road Theater Ensemble as well as Wit, Persephone or Slow Time, The Book Of Liz, My Name is Rachel Corrie, Say You Love Satan, Killer Joe, The Rocky Horror Show, Danny And The Deep Blue Sea, Savage In Limbo, Bug, Titus Andronicus, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Etcetera at Live Theatre Workshop (where he served as late-night series Artistic Director from 2007-12). As playwright, Christopher's adaptations for the Rogue include The Awakening, A House of Pomegranates, and The Picture of Dorian Gray. He won the 2016 Mac Award for Best Actor (Drama) for his portrayal of Prior Walter in The Rogue's production of Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches. Christopher was recognized by ON Media in 2022 as a Tucson Arts Hero.