A director, actor, and educator, Christine Penney resides in London by way of NYC and the mountains of Vermont. Her diverse arts and education career has proffered all kinds of experiences, from directing such classics as Romeo & Juliet (Best Director, Best Production 2020, Montclair State University), Fiddler on the Roof (Best Director 2020, Montclair State University), and Pride and Prejudice (Best Play 2019, STANJ; Best Production, Best Director 2019, Bucks County Theater Festival); starring in The Sound of Music and Annie Get Your Gun (Stowe Theatre); and wrapping production on a variety of multi-media projects, including the Oxygen Network series The Disappearance of Maura Murray. Roles out of the spotlight that also set her natural bundle of enthusiastic energy ablaze include playing the piano and running marathons all over the world.
"If you simply try to tell the truth...
you will...become original
without ever having noticed it."
- C.S. Lewis
Who She Is |
Christine believes in the power of a well-told story to change lives for the better, having been greatly influenced by the effectiveness of allegory through C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia as a child. As a result, growing others through artistic connection, education, and storytelling is her heart's desire - and she believes that everybody has a story worth sharing and brings value to the artistic space, no matter their background. Whether leading at a show's helm, coaching teen-aged actors, teaching in a classroom, or playing the piano, her dreams of building loving community and helping others grow through self expression are actively fulfilled thanks to those who glean something from their connection to work she counts so important.
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When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.
― C.S. Lewis, On Stories
