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Over 60+ Professional Stage Productions | Film & Television 
Two-Time Award Winner
New Play Development | International Fringe Tours


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Current & Upcoming Projects

What I’m working on now and what’s coming next.

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Walden by Amy Berryman

A compelling story about twin sisters, raised by an astronaut father, who confront their past and decide whether humanity's future belongs on Earth or among the stars.


PERFORMANCES

21Ten Theatre
OCT 22-NOV 15
THURSDAYS-SATURDAYS at 7:30pm
SUNDAYS at 2:00pm

SPECIAL DATES:
AFTERNOON PREVIEW: Thurs, Oct 22 at 3pm
OPENING NIGHT: Fri, Oct 23 at 7:30pm
CLOSING MATINEE: Sun, Nov 15 at 2pm

CAST & CREW

Directed by Chris Harder

Asher Kondziela as Cassie
Angie Tennant* as Stella 

Stage Manager:  Amy Oaks
Lighting Design by Samantha Kemp
Set Design by Julianne Bodner

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 Two by Jim Cartwright

A fast-paced, bittersweet comedy-drama set in a local pub. Two actors play multiple distinct characters throughout the evening, offering an intimate, heartfelt look at community and human connection.

PERFORMANCES

21Ten Theatre
NOV 27-29
FRIDAY + SATURDAY at 7:00pm
SUNDAY at 2:00pm




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CAST & CREW

Directed by: Chris Harder

Performed by:  Nan Gatchel & Barry Hunt

Stage Manager: Jeff Donaldson-Forbes
Lighting: Abby Krajewski

Run time: 75 min.
Produced by Sowelu Dramatic

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Up The Hill by Val Landrum

It’s been thirty years since Emily lost her life giving birth.  It’s been three years since George and her son have visited.  She’s now the only ghost in the graveyard at the top of the hill, with the exception of S.M. Simeon, a supernatural being trying to save her from a fate worse than death. But when George finally shows up, his memory has left him and Emily must get him to remember it all as the pocket watch ticks away. 

A story full of love, lost moments and time limits — innovative, original, immersive, filled with laughs and full of heart.   Up The Hill had a sold out workshop run at 21Ten Theatre in 2025 with audiences raving and eager for the full production to come to life.

PERFORMANCES

Spring of 2027 in Portland, OR
Summer of 2027 Edinburgh Fringe Festival 

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Production Gallery

As Peter in Wolf Play
The Snowstorm - Many Hats & CoHo Productions

 “Impressively drawn. Harder conveys Dmiti’s struggle as he tries to break through the emotional walls he has erected around himself.” - Oregon Live
As Winston Smith in 1984 at Artists Repertory Theatre
1984 at Artists Repertory Theatre

"Harder, whose Winston is a perfect everyman - someone easy to identify with right up to and including the disturbing ending"  - Broadway World

“Chris Harder gives an incredible performance as Winston. “  – Judy Nedry


As Joe Pitt in Angels in America
The Thanksgiving Play at Artists Repertory Theatre

"Harder brings off-kilter energy to Caden, a history teacher with Broadway dreams who finds a little too much glee in telling stories of settler atrocities." - The Oregonian
As Walter in Marjorie Prime
George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life - A live Radio Play at Artists Repertory Theatre
As Irwin in The History Boys
Fishing For My Father at CoHo Theatre

“Charlie Chaplin taught us years ago that Everyman can both act the clown and demonstrate enormous dignity, and Chris Harder’s fisherman shows us the same thing.” - The Oregonian
As Eddie in Fool For Love
Twelfth Night @ Pickathon Music Fest with Portland Playhouse
The Centering (Solo show)
The Yellow Wallpaper at CoHo Productions

“Chris Harder’s John has a steam trunk chest full of 19th century confidence in his practicality and the grand roads that empiricism is paving.” – Oregon Arts Watch

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The Centering - Edmonton & Boulder International Fringe Festivals

“…beautifully performed… Harder exhibits masterful command of the script…  a superb fringe performance.” -SEE magazine – 4 1/2 STARS

“A powerful actor who attacks his role here with a vengeance. …Harder’s performance is utterly riveting.” -VUEWEEKLY

“His clowning talents alone are endearing and truly entertaining and this gifted actor enthralls with simple, yet timeless antics. …a profound, intellectual and intense experiment that succeeds  -EDMONTON SUN – 4 Suns

“Harder’s performance is a tour de force… Most impressive is the ease with which Harder makes difficult, instantaneous transitions — moving with suppleness across gender, ethnic and age lines.”  - The Oregonian

Range of dramatic/comedic/physical work
Intimate Apparel at Artists Repertory Theatre

“Chris Harder is the production’s secret weapon as Mr. Marks, the Romanian Jewish fabric salesman whom Esther visits weekly. His lilting accent and shuffling appearance has the effect of hiding a character of real depth behind a caricature, but the steady unfolding of his connection with Esther, a connection forged over a shared appreciation for fabric despite its own set of significant cultural barriers, provides many of the play’s most touching and meaningful moments.”  - Portland Monthly Magazine

““It is exquisite!” The same could be said about the performance by Chris Harder as that magnanimous merchant, in the production just opened at Artists Repertory Theatre.” - Oregon Arts Watch 

As Winston Smith in 1984 at Artists Repertory Theatre
Marjory Prime at Artists Repertory Theatre

“Harder’s a master of stillness and understatement and he strikes a delicate balance here — semi-sweet, pleasantly plausible, never quite artificial, just a little flat in spots. Earnest and inviting, drawing us into this brave new world” - Oregon Arts Watch



As Peter in Wolf Play
Caught at Artists Repertory Theatre

“…a seamless presentation of thought, idea, interactive play, and visual and intellectual engagement that defies easy description, and begs to be experienced.”  - EDGE Media Network

As Joe Pitt in Angels in America
The Turn of the Screw at Portland Shakespeare Project

“There is, of course, the purely actorly pleasure of watching Harder switch from character to character, which he does not showily (he never even changes costume, wearing formal Victorian men’s attire from start to finish) but subtly, with the slightest twisting of the apparatus.” – Bob Hicks

As Irwin in The History Boys
Cyrano at Portland Center Stage
As Walter in Marjorie Prime
Ten Chimneys at Artists Repertory Theatre
As Eddie in Fool For Love
Angels in America at Portland Playhouse

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