Chris Boal

{{short description|American dramatist}}

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|birth_name = Christopher Stetson Boal

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|birth_place = New York City, U.S.

|occupation = Playwright, screenwriter

|relatives = Mark Boal (half-brother)

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Christopher Stetson Boal is an American playwright and screenwriter. Before he became a screenwriter, Boal worked as a playwright. He is the half-brother of screenwriter Mark Boal.

In 2006, Boal wrote Crazy for the Dog, a comedic melodrama aimed a dissecting contemporary family dynamics. The production played at Bouwerie Lane Theater.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/10/theater/reviews/10craz.html?_r=0|title = 'Crazy for the Dog,' a Study in Sibling Secrecy and Strife|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 10 June 2006|last1 = Hunka|first1 = George}} In 2009, Boal wrote 23 Knives, about the assassination of Julius Caesar, shown in repertory at the Harold Clurman Theater, off-Broadway.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/theater/reviews/24kniv.html|title = Two Views of Julius Caesar: As Victor and as Victim|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 24 January 2009|last1 = Hampton|first1 = Wilborn}}

In 2010, Boal wrote Order, directed by actor, director and playwright Austin Pendleton, which was shown at the Kirk Theater at Theatre Row (New York City).{{cite web|url=http://www.oberontheatre.org/photo-galleries/order-by-christopher-stetson-boal/|title=Oberon Theatre Ensemble|work=oberontheatre.org|accessdate=8 April 2015}} Boal wrote Pimm's Mission, playing July - August 2015 at 59E59 Theaters .{{Cite web|url=http://www.59e59.org/moreinfo.php?showid=216|title = Shows}}{{cite news|last1=Gold|first1=Daniel|title=Review: In 'Pimm's Mission,' Seeking Clues to a Deadly Blast|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/08/theater/review-in-pimms-mission-seeking-clues-to-a-deadly-blast.html|accessdate=13 August 2015|work=New York Times|date=7 August 2015}}

Boal created The Continuing Adventures of Dick Danger, as well as Bad Guys Don't Know Dick - the Musical, and the award-winning short film Walking Charlie. A Hope for this World won an audience award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.{{Cite web|url=http://findingvirginia.com/boal.php|title = Finding Virginia | Christopher Stetson Boal|access-date=March 15, 2024}}

Boal was charged with writing a reboot of Zorro for Sony Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/03/chris-boal-signs-on-to-script-sonys-zorro-reboot-694674/|title=Chris Boal To Write Screenplay For Sony's 'Zorro' Reboot - Deadline|author=Mike Fleming Jr|work=Deadline|date=6 March 2014|accessdate=8 April 2015}}