Christopher Wayland is an actor, professor, writer, director, singer, and improviser. He was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
He is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Theatre, Acting at the Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) at Roosevelt University. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University and is certifying as a teacher of the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique. Christopher began performing at age 8. A passion for writing and reading fueled his undergraduate degree in English, with a concentration in poetry and drama, and minor in Art History. Theatre and improv comedy, however, remained a strong focus. At Dartmouth College, he was president of the improv comedy troupe the Dog Day Players, sang in the Dartmouth College Gospel Choir, and acted in numerous theatre productions. After graduation, before pursuing his MFA, he performed extensively in Baltimore and Washington DC in various productions and events. He worked for Kaiser Permanente's Educational Theater of the Mid-Atlantic region and the Children's Theater Association of Baltimore. He was a company member of The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory and main-stage performer with the Baltimore Improv Group (BIG). At BIG, he founded the first troupe comprised completely of performers of color, Casually Dope. Casually Dope, in addition to weekly shows, has toured across the United States and internationally. When not performing, he loves to enjoy the vibrant live performance scene. In addition to teaching Acting, he works as a Substitute Teacher for Chicago Public Schools, a Standardized Patient for Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, and on the night staff at The Second City.
