Christian Wijnberg Biography

is in his first season with the Festival, having appeared as Simonides in PERICLES earlier this season. He has been seen in New York as Lopakhin in THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Teiresias in THE PHOENICIAN WOMEN and Prospero in PROSPERO'S ISLAND. He spent the past three summers with the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, playing the roles of Bottom in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Moth in LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, Benvolio in ROMEO AND JULIET, Sir Andrew Aguecheek and the Sea Captain in TWELFTH NIGHT and Hortensio in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. He has a B.A. from Yale and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law, and graduated cum laude from both institutions