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Christina Anderson

Christina Anderson is a playwright, tv writer, educator, and creative. Her plays have appeared at The Goodman Theatre, OSF, The Public Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Rep, and other theaters in the United States and Canada.

BIO

Christina Anderson is a playwright, tv writer, educator, and creative. Her plays have appeared at The Goodman Theatre, OSF, The Public Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Rep, and other theaters in the United States and Canada. Awards and honors include: 2020 United States Artists Fellow, MacDowell Fellowship, Lily Awards Harper Lee Prize, Herb Alpert Award nomination, Barrymore Nomination, and New Dramatists Residency. Her work has appeared multiple times on the annual Kilroy's List, an industry survey of excellent new works by female playwrights. She is also the winner of the Lucille Lortel Fellowship. Christina’s plays include: How to Catch Creation; The Ripple, The Wave That Carried Me Home; Man In Love; pen/man/ship; The Ashes Under Gait City; and Blacktop Sky. She taught playwriting at Wesleyan University, Rutgers University, SUNY Purchase College, and served as the interim Head of Playwriting at Brown University. Christina worked as a television staff writer on the CBS drama, “Tommy.” Current projects include: producing an album of instrumental hip hop music titled The Montage Flow, and writing her first tv pilot "The Only Isaac."


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Awards and Nominations

Tony Awards - 2022 - Best Book of a Musical

Christina Anderson, Paradise Square

News

UNDERSIEGE to Present Collective Work of Black Women Voices
by Rachel Stone - Sep 22, 2026

National Black Theatre will present UNDERSIEGE, a staged reading featuring work from over 35 playwrights including Danai Gurira and Suzan-Lori Parks, at the Studio Museum in Harlem as part of the Fall of Freedom initiative.
Goodman Theatre's Centennial Season Draws Record 300,000 Patrons
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 17, 2026

Chicago's Goodman Theatre completed its 100th anniversary season with 300,000 attendees across 4,000 performances and events, including 290 sold-out shows and 100 free community theater acts reaching all 50 Chicago wards.
All the Off-Broadway Shows to See in Fall 2026 - A Complete Guide
by Sidney Paterra - Sep 16, 2026

BroadwayWorld has your official fall 2026 Off-Broadway preview, a complete guide to everything opening Off-Broadway! See West End transfers, stars in play revivals, multiple world premieres and more.
Talene Monahon Named 2026 Winner of The Horton Foote Prize for MEET THE CARTOZIANS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 9, 2026

The 2026 Horton Foote Prize has been awarded to Talene Monahon for her play Meet the Cartozians. Ms. Monahon will be honored at a private celebration at New York’s Lotos Club.
THE RIPPLE, THE WAVE THAT CARRIED ME HOME Will Open Off-Broadway in October
by Stephi Wild - Sep 9, 2026

Playwrights Horizons will present Christina Anderson’s “the ripple, the wave that carried me home,” directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene. Learn more here!
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld September 1, 2026- Inside MOULIN ROUGE! Closing Night and More
by - Sep 1, 2026

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 1, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Christina Anderson and S. Shakthidharan Receive Windham-Campbell Prize For Drama
by Stephi Wild - Aug 31, 2026

American playwright Christina Anderson and Sri Lankan-Australian playwright S. Shakthidharan were the recipients of this year's Windham-Campbell prize for drama. They were each awarded $175,000.
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS to Open Shakespeare Dallas' Inaugural Shakespeare Lab
by Stephi Wild - Jul 17, 2026

Shakespeare Dallas launched Shakespeare Lab, a new summer intensive for students in grades 8–12, with teens set to perform THE COMEDY OF ERRORS in a modern verse translation by Christina Anderson at Samuell-Grand Amphitheater.
Interview: Theatre Life with Peggy McKowen
by Elliot Lanes - Jul 10, 2026

Today’s subject Peggy McKowen is currently living her theatre life as the Artistic Director for one of the most important theatre festivals for new plays in the country Contemporary American Theatre Festival (CATF). Located at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia this year’s festival will present five new plays in repertory between July 10th and August 2nd. 2026 marks CATF’s 36th season.
LES MISÉRABLES, MEAN GIRLS and More Set for PCPA 63 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 2, 2026

PCPA has revealed Season 63, featuring seven productions including Les Miserables, Mean Girls, A Midsummer Night's Dream and more across its Santa Maria and Solvang venues.
HOW TO CATCH CREATION To Receive Canadian Premiere At Soulpepper Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 25, 2026

Soulpepper Theatre, Obsidian Theatre, and Nightwood Theatre will present the Canadian premiere of How to Catch Creation by Christina Anderson. Directed by Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu, the production will run in Toronto with performances at the Baillie Theatre.
Review: HOW TO CATCH A CREATION at Theatre In The Round
by Jared Fessler - Feb 3, 2026

Theatre in the Round Players kicks off 2026 with How to Catch Creation, Christina Anderson’s moving and lyrical play about what it means to create—and to connect—with art, with others, and with ourselves.
SOCIETY Theatre Company to Debut ENTANGLED at HERE Arts Center This March
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 2, 2026

SOCIETY Theatre Company will present the world premiere of ENTANGLED: 12 SCENES IN A CIRCLE K OFF THE I-40 IN NEW MEXICO, exploring themes of quantum science and free will, from March 11-29 at HERE Arts Center in New York.
SWEENEY TODD and More Set for Great Lakes Theater 2026-27 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 2, 2026

The 2026–27 Season ushers in Great Lakes Theater's milestone 65th anniversary season as Producing Artistic Director Sara Bruner unveils a six-show lineup.
2026 New Stages Festival Lineup Revealed at The Goodman
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 1, 2025

New plays will ring in the new year at The Goodman when the popular annual New Stages Festival returns. This year’s line-up features the newest works by some of the country’s hottest playwrights.
Plays by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Lynn Nottage and More Set for LCT Theater's The Reading Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 20, 2025

Lincoln Center Theater has revealed the programming for The Reading Series at LCT3. In this intimate new series, six of our most celebrated playwrights join forces with exciting voices new to LCT to share the stage and the spotlight.
Rubicon Theatre Company Partners With The Acting Company for Upcoming Productions
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 14, 2025

Rubicon Theatre Company of Ventura and The Acting Company of New York will present a second-year “encore” collaboration on two new productions to be presented as part of Rubicon’s WINTERFEST, 2025.
Charlene Adhiambo and Amy B. Tiong Named 2025 Recipients of The Hansberry-Lilly Fellowship
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2025

Graduate students Charlene Adhiambo and Amy B. Tiong have been named as the 2025 recipients for the Hansberry-Lilly Fellowship. Learn more about the Fellowship and the recipients here!
Review: THE RIPPLE, THE WAVE THAT CARRIED ME HOME at Stages Houston
by Jonathan Netek - Mar 8, 2025

Written by Tony-nominated playwright Christina Anderson and directed by Eboni Bell Darcy, this deeply moving story follows one person’s emotional journey to rediscover their roots, heal old wounds, and find their way back home.
The Acting Company Sets August Wilson and Shakespeare Shows for April
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 4, 2025

The Acting Company is bringing two exciting shows to Popejoy Hall in April. First is Two Trains Running, a powerful drama set during the 1960s civil rights movement. Then is The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare’s classic comedy.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has Christina Anderson written?

Christina Anderson has written 2 shows including Inked Baby (Playwright), the ripple, the wave that carried me home (Writer).

What awards has Christina Anderson been nominated for?

and Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Paradise Square.

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