Portrait of an Artist: Actor Christopher Bloch

Christopher Bloch, photographed April 7, 2008 by Shannon Finney

This month, Shannon the Photo Gal is celebrating the creative arts, and

actor Christopher Bloch is featured in this edition of Shannon the Photo Gal.

Washington, DC theatre audiences have enjoyed watching Christopher

the Camelion transform himself from a Russian fixer in, "Chess" to the swarthy

Esteban in "Kiss of the Spider Woman". Critics also love his versitility, as

evidenced by his 2009 Helen Hayes Theatre Awards win for his supporting

comedic role in Signature Theater's "Les Miserables." I photographed

Christopher in 2008 when he was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for

"Christmas Carol 1941." I like this photo so much because it's

Christopher minus the stage make-up and the costumes. It was a

great opportunity to get behind the curtain.

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