"...I’m consumed by our history and things that I’m learning myself, things that I pass on to my students and things that I want to share with audiences because our story is so vast." - Christina Ham, Playwright (Dec 1, 2017, arts.gov)
5 Things About Christina:
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A prolific and globally celebrated playwright, Christina Ham often focuses on highlighting the history and secrets of the African American community. This inspiration has shone through in her highly-acclaimed plays Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963, Ruby!: The Story of Ruby Bridges, and Nina Simone: Four Women.
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She was recently named one of "The Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights of the 2018-19 Season" by American Theatre magazine.
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Christina graduated of the University of Southern California. During her time there, she took a class with Velina Hasu Houston that changed her life's course and led to her choosing to pursue her M.F.A. in Playwriting from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television.
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The Los Angeles native is a member of the Kilroys, an advocacy group fighting for gender balance on the American stage.
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She is also committed to fostering the next generation of theatre goers and artists, leaning in heavily to her work as a teacher, mentor, and writer of work for young people.
Read more about Christina in this in-depth interview from the National Endowment for the Arts blog and on her website www.christinaham.com.