Hometown: Campbellsville, Kentucky
Current Home: Wayne County, Kentucky
Billy Christopher Maupin returns FbTC. FbTC Directing Credits: WHEN WE GET GOOD AGAIN, SWEENEY TODD, and ALL TOGETHER NOW! and having appeared in BROTHER WOLF, THE 39 STEPS, and THE MOUSETRAP. His productions of Dave Malloy’s PRELUDES and CARRIE the Musical were met with Richmond Theatre Critics Circle Awards for Best Director of a Musical, while his production of Lillian Hellman’s haunting THE CHILDREN’S HOUR earned him a Tabby Award for Best Director. His other favorite directing credits include DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD and YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN (in rotating rep with the same cast; Firehouse Theatre Project); BECKY’S NEW CAR (Virginia Repertory Theatre); and A GENDER-REVERSED EXPLORATION OF MACBETH (Richmond Shakespeare). In 2020, he was featured in THE NEW YORK TIMES and THE WASHINGTON POST for his one-man adaptation of THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY which he co-adapted and starred in. Some of his other favorite acting credits include Reverend Oglethorpe in the SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN trilogy, the Fool in TWELFTH NIGHT, and Ronald in the world premiere of AUSTIN’S BRIDGE (co-starring Jeremy Jordan). Billy Christopher is an Associate Artist with Carpenter Science Theatre Company and is the co-founder and Associate Artistic Director Emeritus of 5th Wall Theatre.
Selected Recent Flashback Credits
Director of When We Get Good Again by James McLindon
Brother Wolf in Brother Wolf by Preston Lane & Laurelyn Dossett
Clown in The 39 Steps adapted by Patrick Barlow, from the novel by John Buchan