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Reviews, Productions & Awards

Selected review comments, production photos and a listing of plays that have won awards in national competitions are listed below. 


 

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RED HOT MAMAS 

American Premiere at Detroit Repertory in June 2002. Production sold out for the run 24 hours after opening. Other recent productions in:

  • Qualicum Beach, B.C.
  • Canberra, Australia
  • Providence, RI
  • Medford, WI
  • Marysville, CA

 

"Will trigger nostalgic laughs and shudders over matters maternal." Bill Rodriguez, Providence Phoenix

"Brilliantly funny." Valerie Baker, The Morning Sun, Qualicum Beach, B.C.

"Christner's witty and adult-oriented script has created characters who are sympathetic and believable, yet never caricatures that are there simply to be laughed at." Donald V Calamia, Curtain Calls, Detroit, MI.

"Christner has a real gift for clever dialogue in which a play on words can get bounced between two or more characters in bouts of witty repartee." Robert Delaney, Detroit Monitor. 

Winner in NewGate Theatre New Plays Festival

THIS BLOOD'S FOR YOU 

American Professional Premiere at Detroit Repertory in November 2000.  Other recent productions in:

  • Key West, FL
  • Kobe, Japan
  • San Mateo, CA

 

"Dark Comedy at its Best." Tory Brown, Key West Citizen. 

"I never saw a play so funny, so serious and so timely al at one time." Detroit Monitor.

"Charlie's quick-witted dialog sounds as if Noel Coward was an American career criminal with 10 days left to live." Anita Schmaltz, Metro times, Detroit

Winner in Key West Festival of New Plays

Finalist in Stage3 New Plays Festival

A DAY IN THE WIFE OF AVERY MANN 

Photo from American premiere at Indianapolis University. Other recent productions and readings:

  • Labrador City, Newfoundland
  • Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN
  • Hebrew University, Los Angeles, CA
  • Serendipity Productions, Hayward, WI
  • Forest Heights Collegiate Institute, Kitchener, Ontario

 

"This play is about one man's unwillingness to give himself up completely to one woman. I hope that this play will help to open the eyes and hearts of many of you tonight. So if you have never surrendered your autonomy, practice tonight by vicariously living through each of these women and learning what Avery learned too late." Nicole Jones, Director.

THE BABE, THE BARD AND THE BARON 

Playwrights Circle to hold world premiere February 2003 in Palm Springs, CA. 

Winner in Playwrights' Circle New Plays Festival

Honorable Mention in 71st Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition.

THE WALK 

 

 
Finalist in Hudson River Classics New Plays Competition  Hudson, NY

Finalist in Andrew Keegan Theatre New Plays Festival. Alexandria, VA

THE WALL 

 

BUI-DOI: THE DUST OF LIFE 

Finalist in Stage3 New Plays Festival Sonora, CA and University of Northern Kentucky Playwriting Competition. Honorable Mention in 72nd Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition.

Silver Medalists: 2004 Pinter Review Prize for Drama.

THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK 

NEW WOMEN, OLD MEN

 

Playwright's Platform staged reading selection. 

Playwright's Platform New Plays Festival Selection



THE BITCH OF BAILEY'S BEACH 

 

 

Honorable Mention in 71st Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition.

EZRA AND EVIL 

 

Finalist McClaren Comedy Competition, Midland Community Theatre Midland, TX

WHAT ABOUT MIMI?

Finalist Ashland New Plays Festival,
Ashland, OR 2003

 



FREE SHOT 

 

 

Honorable Mention in 72nd Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition.

Finalist Florida Studio Theatre's New Plays Festival 2004. 

 


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