Chris White |
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M.F.A. (New York University) |
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Chris White received a BA in Theatre from the University of Colorado in Boulder, additional training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Los Angeles, and earned an MFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Her plays have been produced at 13th Street Repertory, 18th Street Playhouse, Manhattan Theatre Source, and the Goldman Theatre in NYC; Horizons Theatre and New Works Theatre in Washington DC; at Ki Theatre in Washington, Virginia; and at Hollins, Ball State, DePauw, and New York Universities. Her play, RHYTHMS, was awarded the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play. Chris was commissioned to write a screenplay (THE LYNCHBURG FILES) by Acetylene Productions out of New York as well as a play (SIN EATER) by Hollins University. Her most recent commission was for a play to accompany an Introduction to Theatre textbook/DVD. The play, TWO-CHARACTER PLAY, was performed and filmed in spring of '05 at Ball State University and will be published by Allyn & Bacon in 2007. She is currently at work on a new screenplay. At DePauw, Chris teaches screenwriting, playwriting, college writing, and topic courses in dramatic literature. |
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Spring 2008:
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