CHARLES ANDREW GARDNER is ecstatic to be making his theatrical directing debut at Court Theatre with this poignant, hopeful, and powerful collection of plays. Recent Chicago theatre credits include A Raisin in the Sun (Court Theatre); Primary Trust, Objects in the Mirror, stop.reset., and Buzzer (Goodman); Boulevard of Bold Dreams, Kill Move Paradise, Paradise Blue, and My Kind of Town (TimeLine). Other Chicago credits: Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, and 16th Street. TV credits: Dark Matter, Mayor of Kingstown, Somebody Somewhere, The Chi, Chicago Med, and Chicago P.D. Film credits: Heist 88, Olympia, and Long Ride Home. Charles is the SAG-AFTRA Chicago Local President, a Company Member with TimeLine Theatre Company, a DePaul University professor, and owner/CEO of The Actor’s Cup LLC and Stay Creative Clothing. @CharlesAndrewGardner.
Bio as of 8/2025