Christopher Dorrah
- Director
- Editor
- Producer
Christopher Dorrah of Charlotte, NC, developed his writing and
directing skill early in his career. In 1994 Christopher Dorrah
wrote/produced/directed the play, Lyrics of Fury (1994), a comedy about
a Dj and his sexual relationships. During that same year Dorrah also
won the Palmetto Drama Festival award for Best Actor in stage play
"Hoods." Since then Dorrah has become a well-known, intelligent, and
talented director/writer. His next play was Black Sunday (1994),
focused mostly on the conflict between a mayor and an uncompromising
pro-black activist. With Black Sunday in profit and publicity, Dorrah
went on to do his landmark play, Jazzephatnastee (1994), which is often
considered heavy handed, but still good, and did not seem to be as
controversial as his previous efforts, but showed his talent for
directing and acting. His next play, 4 Play (1995), was about dating.
Dorrah's handling of the subject proved yet again highly controversial
although it did not quite arouse the debate that similar earlier plays
did. Dorrahf_Ts next play, My Soul Good (1995) was comparatively light
and had an underscoring theme of understanding Kwanzaa. He wrote/produced/directed a
controversial play, manage a trois (1997), a honest story about love,
relationships and infidelity, which won him critical acclaim throughout
and was the jump start to his success. However success did not mean
money, and Dorrahf_Ts next play, SYSTA (1998), at Ovens Auditorium in
Charlotte, NC was huge on a status level but failed to reach the
financial expectations of Dorrah or his first time investors. But that
situation only made Dorrah stronger; he took some time off and upgraded
his writing/screen writing skills and wrote/produced/co-directing the
new television series Metro (2008). Metro is an locally produced and
cast hour long, number one rated, drama/soap opera shown on the WB in
South Carolina. Dorrah also owns Dorrah International, HQ Stop n Shop,
Urban Essential and Dorrah Grillz; which are retail clothing and
multimedia stores in the southeast area. Dorrah fuels his everyday
ambitions with the quote, "I don't want to know the world, I want the
world to know me.