Biography
Chris Harcum is an award-winning actor, playwright, and filmmaker. He is one half of the long-form improv duo Pedro & Chris and is a founding member of Elephant Run District. Member of SAG-AFTRA, Actors' Equity, and the Dramatists Guild. His award-winning short comedy films include The Big Pivot, Coney Island Promise, and Beyond & Above.
His original works include American Badass (5-star reviews in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe), American Gun Show, Anhedonia Road, Gotham Standards, Green, Mahamudra, and Some Kind of Pink Breakfast. His full-length plays include Martin Denton, Martin Denton; Rabbit Island; The Hypochondriac; and The Devil in Ms. Spelvin. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times and the Brooklyn Rail.
Since moving to New York, he has worked with or performed at Elephant Run District, Irondale Center, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Transport Group, FringeNYC, TOSOS, American Bard, The Brick, The Cell, The Chain, The Living Theatre, Culture Project, Peculiar Works Project, The Tank, People's Improv Theater, Manhattan Theatre Source, Frigid New York, Metropolitan Playhouse, the Wild Project and many others.
