Dillon Christopher

Community | Passion | Hope | Love | Celebration | Resistance | Hilarious | Tear filled | Inspiring | Charitable | Pure Genius… @see.paz (Christopher Pazdernik) produces the most amazing theater benefit for @aidsfoundationchicago each year @Beltingforlife This year was @dchitto and my second year attending the most fabulous Birthday party for a cause one could ever begin to imagine. I’m sharing a video of our favorite performance of the night @officialmrchavez ((Satya Chávez) who is pure artistic magic). Every performance was a passion-filled love letter to and from community. As long as @see.paz keeps the party going we will always be first in line for this miracle of humanity at its absolute best!! And you should too for next years @beltingforlife event! Happy Birthday @see.paz

Congrats @dchitto The Four Directions Playwright Residency Announces the 2026-2027 Recipient, Dillon Christopher Chitto. I’m in awe, in hope, in gratitude, in love. Dillon and I’s first play together was actually four short plays in one night, the last of which “TVSHKA” written by Dillon shook me to my core, sharp, painful, beautiful and funny. What I would learn was Dillon’s the funniest smartest most selfless person in every room he is in. As I read my way through his plays, I found hope in his ability to take the darkest most inequitable parts of this world and its bloody sad history and make you laugh while inspiring you to do better than those that came before. To be at an opening or reading of one of Dillon’s plays and see young theater makers come up to him and say his work is why they chose theater, gives me more hope knowing the theater has a bright and change inspiring future. It’s all so crazy considering Dillon has already guest lectured at UC Berkeley, NYU, and Northwestern University. We have experienced almost 100 plays together: always learning, always laughing, and always falling more in love. That is my story with Dillon. If you get a chance, you should experience one of his plays, get ready to laugh, cry and step into action. That’s what he does. Inspire.

KCRep is excited to announce the fourth Four Directions Playwright Residency recipient: Dillon Chitto! Selected by Mary Kathryn Nagle and alumni of the Four Directions program, Dillon will spend a week with Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tofte Lake Center, Great Plains Theatre Commons, and KCRep immersed in the local landscape, with opportunities to engage with the local indigenous communities, hold informal sharings, and build early drafts with dramaturgical support. Artistic Director Stuart Carden shared, “The Four Directions Residency reflects KCRep’s commitment to uplifting Native playwrights and expanding the American canon. Dillon Chitto’s writing—marked by humor, lyricism, and a contemporary lens on Native life and identity—brings a vital, imaginative voice to the field, and we are honored to support his work through this residency." The residency will end with a staged public reading at KCRep in 2027. Previous recipients include Maddie Easley (REPRESENTATIVES FOR THOSE AT PEACE), Drew Woodson (SMOKE), and Tomi Endter. #kcrep #kansascity #kcmo #theatre #fourdirectionsplaywrightresidency

Still processing this one… but SOOOO excited to share the stage with THE ICON Raúl Esparza in the upcoming Broadway show Pillion: A New Musical Comedy “a gay romp on wheels!” (Music by Carly Rae Jepsen, Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen). Hope you caught the sneak peek of our opening number, “I Came. For the Ride” on PBS last night!

Elise Bear (@elise_bear ) as Mrs. Zuni in BINGOHALL by Dillon Chitto (@dchitto ) ✨ November 5, 2025 A moment, a story, a voice that stayed with us. 🎥 @colectivomultipolar BINGOHALL was presented by Campfire Repertory Theatre in collaboration with the Chicago Park District as part of Night Out in the Parks , bringing free, powerful theatre to our community. Director: Elise Bear ProShoot Director: Sandra Oviedo Producer: Christian Alexander Park District Partner: Tiffany Johnson Technical Director: Marc Chevalier #BingoHall #CampfireRep #ChicagoTheatre #NightOutInTheParks #ChicagoArtists

Dillon and I have seen 91 plays together, several of which he has written or culturally consulted on. The access we have to this powerful, hope-filled, and healing Chicago theater community leaves me in a state of endless gratitude.   Thanks to Chicago Theater Week, we saw 12 shows in the last two weeks. Chicago icons Goodman and Steppenwolf with the best actors, set designers, and costumers in the world, remind us that drama is better off in the home as long as it is somebody else’s. Holiday @goodmantheatre and Dance of Death @steppenwolfthtr give us limitless laughter through whimsical absurdity. @paulmichaelt ‘s provocative, personal, and vulnerable new play, Pot Girls, @thestorytheatre helps us consider identity and theater-making in an intimate and laughter-filled experience. Both @citadeltheatreco Admissions and @timelinetheatre Eureka Day electrify the city with passionate acting while confronting inequity that lives even in the most liberal and well-intended. Can’t wait to see the magic Timeline will continue to create in their new Uptown space - Congrats! Finally, the musicals: Showcasing Chicago’s world class local talent is Dear Evan Hansen @paramountaurora , and The Irish…And How They Got That Way @porchlightmt . @broadwayinchicago continues to bring Touring Broadway productions to Chicago with The Outsiders.   Thank you, Chicago Theater, for letting me in. I am your biggest fan. I am in awe every time I enter your sacred spaces, when the lights go down and the story begins. And thank you, Dillon Christopher Chitto, for making me your plus one for the last 91 plays and counting!! I love you so much!

Happy birthday @helloiamjeff ! Feeling so lucky that you’re in my life. Here’s to the little things we do together. I can’t wait for another year of shows, delicious dinners, quiet nights in, and trips side by side. I can’t wait to experience life with you as it only gets better and stronger and deeper and nеarer and simpler and freer and richer and clеarer. I love you!

Ten plays in twelve days! Chicago Theater Week was a lot but also came at the perfect time. It was a reminder of why I’m a playwright. Because theater is my safe space and where I can find comfort. Jeffrey, you continue to show up for everything: the shows, my work, my grief, my joy, my exhaustion. You make sure I’m safe and supported. And most importantly, you believe in me. I love you and I’m looking forward to the next show. But maybe after a few days of rest. Happy Valentine’s Day 💜

Ok, this was such a hard secret to keep. So excited to finally say I’m going to be a published playwright!! Dillon from years ago would never believe his first play he wrote would ever be published. Feeling beyond grateful. Stay tuned to add a Native comedy to your shelf! 💜

Happy to share that Pueblo Revolt has won big at @officialbroadwayworld ‘s ABQ awards! Thanks to everyone for your votes, And huge thanks to @santafeplayhouse and the whole crew! Best Play Best New Play Best Director @taratomahawk Best Performance Bradley Lewis

Bingo Hall Night Two 🎭✨ 📸: Jon Ravenscroff

Dillon and I experienced our 71st play together last night, and we loved it!! SUPERIOR DONUTS = A play every one should experience @theartistichome @thedentheatre The acting, direction, lighting, sound, writing, every moment, pure master work, Bravo!!! A community steeped in implicit bias and toxic adversarial dynamics chooses hope over darkness. We might all consider leaning into this kind of love. The hope is real. It’s perfect like a fresh cinnamon donut.