Kirsten Childs

Kirsten Childs
Born 1952 (age 64–65)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation Playwright, librettist
Nationality American
Notable works The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin;
Bella: An American Tall Tale

Kirsten J. Childs (born 1952)[1] is an American playwright, librettist, and former actress.[2]

Early life and performing career

Childs was born in Los Angeles, California.[3] Her parents were schoolteachers. She began her theatrical career in the late 1970s as a Broadway performer, when Bob Fosse cast her in a production of Chicago. She went on to appear in productions of Dancin', Jerry's Girls, and Sweet Charity in the 1980s. Primarily a stage actress, her one major film role was the 1989 comedy See No Evil, Hear No Evil, in which she played the long-suffering sister of Richard Pryor's character.[4][5]

Later writing career

Childs subsequently turned to writing her own theatrical productions, beginning with the semi-autobiographical work The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (2000),[6][7] an off-Broadway musical which received an Obie Award.[8] Her other musicals include Miracle Brothers (2005)[9] and Bella: An American Tall Tale (2016), a winner of the Weston Playhouse New Musical Award.[10][11]

Childs has also served as an assistant professor in New York University Tisch School of the Arts' Graduate Musical Theatre Writing program.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF) .
  2. ↑ "Artist Interview: Kirsten Childs". Playwrights Horizons. Archived from the original on 18 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Aaron Dobbs; Lily Oei (11 August 2005). "Kirsten Childs, Musical Theater Writer". Gothamist. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Mandell, Jonathan (18 June 2000). "Theater: Beyond Black, Just Herself". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Klein, Alvin (15 July 1979). "When ‘Chicago’ Is in Trouble, It Goes Into a Dance". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Brantley, Ben (21 June 2000). "Theater Review: Wearing Perkiness That's Cut on the Bias". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Billington, Michael (8 February 2017). "The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin review – witty, vivacious musical". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "2001 Obie Awards". Obie Awards. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  9. ↑ Brantley, Ben (19 September 2005). "Dolphins Turn Human and Trouble Ensues". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015.
  10. ↑ Murray, Larry (29 January 2016). "Kirsten Childs' "Bella: An American Tall Tale" wins Weston Playhouse New Musical Award". Berkshire on Stage. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016.
  11. ↑ Brantley, Ben (12 June 2017). "Review: In ‘Bella,’ an Indomitable Heroine Goes West". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Kirsten J. Childs - Adjunct Assistant Professor". NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
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