Chris Reynolds is the lead Producer of the SummerWorks Exchange: an industry platform bringing
together local, national and international artists, producers and presenters during the SummerWorks
Performance Festival, a curated festival recognized nationally and internationally as a launching pad for
new and experimental work. Taking place over 10 days every August in Toronto, SummerWorks is
interested in continuously re-imagining and innovating the possibilities for performance- how it is created,
presented and experienced.
Chris also works in a market development role with other arts organizations including Toronto’s Buddies
in Bad Times Theatre which, about to celebrate its 40th anniversary, is the world’s longest-running and
largest queer theatre. He possesses a unique range of professional experiences including: curating and
presenting large scale international performing arts projects in Toronto, commissioning and supporting
the creation of new work by local artists, market development projects to introduce national and
international presenters to local artists, and brokering deals and producing tours in Canada and several
countries around the world.
Chris was Senior Artistic Associate in the Performing Arts department at Harbourfront Centre from
2009-17. He was a core member of the programming team for World Stage, Toronto’s annual festival of
boundary-pushing contemporary performance projects from across Canada and around the world. He has
traveled scouting work or as an invited delegate to festivals and showcases in Montreal, Vancouver, New
York City, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Brighton, Helsinki, Dusseldorf, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Tokyo. He was
a member of the Programming Advisory Committee for the 2014 Rhubarb Festival at Buddies in Bad
Times Theatre, curated by festival director Laura Nanni, as well as a youth mentor for the 2015 Paprika
Festival. In August 2015 he led a workshop on touring for the SummerWorks Leadership Intensive
Program.