Shaw's Shorts

Washington Stage Guild, March 1 - April 1, 2007

Chris Davenport can do no wrong...a real "actor's actor" and he is always a joy to watch as he finely creates distinctive characters...

--Bob Anthony, AllArtsReview4U, March 10, 2006

Chris Davenport indulges in some particularly zealous hamming as the Lieutenant, a blustering nincompoop who's unable to sheath his ridiculously long sword without help from the innkeeper Giuseppe...Davenport clowns around drolly as the oafish Shakespear, but he's suitably eloquent during the character's moving plea for royal support of the theater.

--Celia Wren, The Washington Post, March 7, 2007

Actor Chris Davenport, whose high-energy output is perfect for a Shavian character, takes to the stage as the Lieutenant like an electric charge.

--Rosalind Lacy, DCTheatreReviews.com, March 7, 2007

The Small Things

Solas Nua, January 31 - February 25, 2007

...Chris Davenport's performance is absolutely not to be missed.

-- Trey Graham, Theaterboy, February 11, 2007

Davenport is staggeringly vulnerable, his performance a small miracle of interior agonies relieved by the most fleeting of remembered joys.

--Trey Graham, Washington City Paper, February 8, 2007

Davenport plays a character known simply as Man, and although his voice is prim and as smooth as tea with honey and his demeanor suggests a harmless bachelor uncle, the shell-shocked glint in his eye guarantees that something's amiss.

--Nelson Pressley, The Washington Post, February 10, 2007

...while you may not understand every aspect of the play you do leave the theatre feeling emotionally drained and reeling from the intenseness of Mr. Davenport's and Ms. Debelack's performances.

Davenport's dialogue is rich with humorous reflections that steadily gain a grim momentum, enhanced by his frenzied and increasingly compelling looks of hurt and shame.

Fanny's First Play

Washington Stage Guild, March 2 - April 9, 2006

...as a bemusedly courtly foreigner plunked down among Brit xenophobes, Chris Davenport sends the evening's most breathtaking Shavian soliloquy - a five-minute exegesis that inverts English and French stereotypes - soaring hilariously on a wave of elongated vowels and softened consonants.

-- Bob Mondello, Washington City Paper, March 10, 2006

As a lecherous French marine, Chris Davenport has the play's comic highlight, an off-the-wall monologue in which he praises the English for being so uninhibited about sex...

-- Doug Krentzlin, The Examiner, March 27, 2006

...and Davenport as O'Dowda's meekly lisping footman and as a physically and philosophically limber Frenchman who delivers a dashing comic speech at the end of Fanny's subversive play.

-- Nelson Pressley, The Washington Post, March 8, 2006

...Chris Davenport again proves his ability to find the silliness in small bits...

-- Brad Hathaway, Potomac Stages, March 11, 2006

Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

Theater Alliance, August 18 - September 18, 2005

Chris Davenport seems to have cornered the local market on playing lawyers, 

but his commanding portrayal of Wilde's counsel is a standout...

--Jayne Blanchard, The Washington Times, August 24, 2005

...an excellent ensemble...Chris Davenport makes a sturdy contribution as 

Wilde's lawyer...

-- Peter Marks, The Washington Post, August 23, 2005

...a flawless supporting ensemble...with particularly outstanding contributions from...Davenport...

-- Doug Krentzlin, The Examiner, August 25, 2005

...some fine actors to handle the tasks, most notably Chris Davenport...

--Brad Hathaway, Potomac Stages, August 20, 2005

Standouts in a very fine cast include...Chris Davenport as Clarke, Wilde's

dedicated defense attorney.

--Patrick Folliard, Washington Blade, August 26 2005

Incorruptible

Washington Stage Guild, January 6 - February 13, 2005

...a loose-postured minstrel played by Chris Davenport get laughs even out of lounge-act one-liners...

-- Tricia Olszewski, The Washington Post, January 15, 2005

Chris Davenport is the most adept in his farcical pacing...

-- Bob Anthony, Review4U, January 10, 2005

Jack, the one-eyed minstrel is played with glee by Chris Davenport.  His juggling and balancing act are a treat within the performance and his conversion to St. Foy is done with a slow tenderness that seems sincere.

-- Rich See, Curtain Up, January 14, 2005

...a one-eyed minstrel, the energetic Chris Davenport...

-- Brad Hathaway, Potomac Stages, January 8, 2004

Belgrade Trilogy

Scena Theatre, April 15 - May 15, 2004

...Davenport's turn as the trusting, literal Mica enlivens the more humorous and touching moments...

-- Tricia Olszewski, The Washington Post, May 12, 2004

Chris Davenport brings out the pathos of Mica Jovic who is about to tumble into the emotional abyss.

-- Rich See, Curtain Up, April 29, 2004

Chris Davenport is a comedic maven...

-- Bob Anthony, Review4U, May 1, 2004

A Dream Play

Open Theatre, September 6 - October 4, 2003

... Chris Davenport's impassioned and impressive Advocate ...

-- Trey Graham, Washington City Paper, October 3, 2003

Master and Margarita

Rorschach Theatre, July 30 – August 30, 2003

Particularly memorable among the rest of the cast [is] ... Chris Davenport as a chillingly Machiavellian Pontius Pilate.

-- Ken Ringle, Washington Post, August 27, 2003

The show is well produced. The church setting helps, especially with scenes of Crucifixion and with Pilate - the latter among the best in the production
(a very good work by Chris Davenport).

-- Andrei Sitov, ITAR-TASS News Service, August 18, 2003

The acting is proficient around the edges and quite sharp at center.  Especially fine [is] ... Chris Davenport's pensive, troubled Pilate, whose attempts to understand powers greater than those of man and state anchor the evening.

--Bob Mondello, Washington City Paper, August 15, 2003

There are a number of striking performances ... Chris Davenport is a standout as Pontius Pilot weighed down with premonitions of doom.

-- Brad Hathaway, Potomac Stages, August 2, 2003