Christine Cummings, MFA
Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance
She, Her, Hers
cncummings@callutheran.edu
805-493-3416
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Areas of expertise: Acting, Directing, Voice & Movement, Shakespeare and Children’s Theater
About
Christine has been a theater artist for over twenty years, performing, directing and teaching at the collegiate and professional levels throughout the Chicagoland area and Southern California. She has a bachelor’s degree in Theater Arts from Cal State Fullerton, a master’s degree from Illinois State University in Acting with specialties in Acting, Directing, Voice & Movement, Shakespeare and Children’s Theater. As a stage director, Christine has directed multiple productions including The Laramie Project and Rumors at Cal Lutheran and Blithe Spirit, No Exit, Top Girls, 6 Characters in Search of an Author, California Suite, Stop Kiss and In The Next Room at Mt. San Antonio College where she was Department Chair and taught for 9 years. She recently performed in the roles of Haley Harrington in Hotbed Hotel at Conejo Players Theater and Elsa Von Grossenknueten in Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 at the Brea Curtis Theater. Other California performance credits include roles at STAGEStheatre, Alchemy Theater, The Garage Theatre of Long Beach, The Renaissance Pleasure Faire and the Costa Mesa Playhouse’s production of Rumors for which she received Best Actress honors.
Education
BA in Theater Arts from Cal State Fullerton, MFA in Acting from Illinois State University