Production Staff
Fontana was last seen starring on Broadway in his tour de force dual role in Tootsie for which he received the 2019 Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, and Tony Awards®.
He is perhaps best known to audiences as the voice of villainous Prince Hans in the Academy Award winning Disney film Frozen. Television audiences saw him on the most recent season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and recognize him from “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Shades of Blue,” “Mozart In The Jungle,” “Fosse/Verdon,” “Royal Pains,” “Nurse Jackie,” and more.
His other Broadway credits include Hello, Dolly!, Act One, Cinderella, The Importance of Being Earnest (Clarence ... read more
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Select credits:
The Story of My Life (Broadway) Associate Lighting Designer
The Yellow Brick Road (Theatreworks USA) Assistant Lighting Designer
Side Effects (MCC Theatre) Assistant Lighting Designer
Peter and the Starcatcher (NYTW) Assistant Lighting Designer
The Blue Flower (Prospect Theatre Company) Lighting Designer
With Glee (Prospect Theatre Company) Lighting Designer
This Side of Paradise (Off-Bway) Lighting Designer
Newsies! (Paper Mill Playhouse) Assistant Lighting Designer
How To Succeed... (Goodspeed Opera House) Assistant Lighting Designer
Band Geeeks! (Goodspeed Opera House) Assistant Lighting Designer
Lost in the Stars (Encores!) Assistant Lighting Designer
Where's Charley? (Encores!) Assistant Lighting Designer
Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF) Lighting Designer
Greenwood (NYMF) Lighting Designer
POPart (NYMF) Lighting Designer
The 10th Floor (NYMF) Lighting Designer
The Bubble ... read more
Markus Potter is a theatre director, Producer, and Professor of Theatre at the University of Kansas, where he also serves as Artistic Director of the Kansas Repertory Theatre. He is the Founding Producing Artistic Director of NewYorkRep, and previously served as Interim Artistic Director of Theatre Aspen. Key directing projects include Stalking the Bogeyman off-Broadway at New World Stages (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, NYTimes critics pick), London’s Southwark Playhouse (Off West End Award nomination for best production and direction), Red Speedo by Lucas Hnath at Center Rep, Lost Boy Found In Whole Foods by Tammy Ryan at The Portland Stage Company, Why You Beasting? (Time Out NY critic's pick), ... read more
Awards and Nominations
2015 Outer Critics Circle Awards
John Gassner Playwrighting Award: Markus Potter was nominated but did not win.