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CHRISTINE DREW BENJAMINA writer and creator, Christine produces work centered around social issues and gender studies, to shine light on elements that relate us to one another through the use of words, storytelling, and magic. She specializes in new play development, community centered fundraising events, and arts education.
Originally from Northern California, currently rooted in Los Angeles by way of New York, Christine founded S.H.E. (Stories Heard Everywhere) in 2014, a storytelling advocacy platform dedicated to cultivating conversations, breaking down barriers, and interpersonal human connection through the use of social media, blogging, and film. A supporter of gender equality and accessible health coverage, she wrote monologues for Draw the Line, a campaign with the Center for Reproductive Rights in which seven actresses share real women's stories about the impact of attacks on reproductive health care. In 2017, Christine curated a theatrical fundraising event highlighting personal stories through S.H.E., which raised over $2,000 to support Planned Parenthood. Blunt and awkward. |
As a playwright, her current work includes Castles in the Air (Untold Stories of Jewish Women) and Unruly Women (Stories of the Resistance). She has developed and presented scripts across the globe, including The Secret Seduction of Little Girls (John Woods Scholarship, Prague Summer Program for Writers), The Purity Play (FullStop Collective), and Carries On (The O’Neill ). Directing credits include Element 109 (Untold Stories of Jewish Women), Turquoise and Cloves (Occupy the Empty Space), and Estrellas Verdes (Foreplays). At the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, where Christine served as the Literary Associate, she helped develop new scripts as the Dramaturg for the Young Playwrights Festival and Natasha’s Dream, along with Eden and Comes a Faery as the Dramaturg Assistant.
She has published articles with Sundance Institute, and has produced two other blogs: beat by beat and Misunderstandings, Misconceptions, and Myths: A Look at Gender Issues Through a Sideways Microscope.
Christine studied Theatre Arts with an emphasis in playwriting (B.A.) and Women's Studies (minor) at California State University, Fullerton.
She has published articles with Sundance Institute, and has produced two other blogs: beat by beat and Misunderstandings, Misconceptions, and Myths: A Look at Gender Issues Through a Sideways Microscope.
Christine studied Theatre Arts with an emphasis in playwriting (B.A.) and Women's Studies (minor) at California State University, Fullerton.