Chris Fritzges, MFA
Professor of Theatre, Theatre Program Coordinator
Snow Fine Arts Center 219
Educational Background:
M.F.A. in Drama (Acting) – University of Arkansas
B.A. in Fine Arts (Theatre Concentration) – Bethany College, WV
Personal Bio:
Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Chris Fritzges received his Bachelor of Arts from Bethany College, in West Virginia, and his Masters of Fine Arts in Drama from the University of Arkansas, at Fayetteville. He has been a full-time educator since 2000 and is currently a tenured Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Central Arkansas, where he teaches acting, voice for the actor, and directing. Trained as an actor, Chris has been performing for audiences for close to twenty years. Recent stage credits include performing in the first two seasons of Arkansas’ newest professional theatre, The Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, as well as acting in various independent film projects in the area, including a supporting role in the University of Central Arkansas’ first feature length and award-winning film, Table at Luigi’s. He is also a director, having won a number of awards from the Kennedy Center / American College Theatre Festival. Some select shows he has directed include Urinetown, Getting Out, The Pillowman, Proof, One Flea Spare,and Lend Me A Tenor. An Arkansan for almost nine years, Chris resides in Conway, Arkansas with his wife and two sons.