CHRISTINA ALLISON
Christina
Allison is a classically trained actress
and singer. Recipient of two Rockefeller Grants
, she has appeared widely throughout Europe, and Canada, in both grand opera and plays. Locally she
has been seen at the Garvin, the Lobero, Center Stage and the
Ensemble in a variety of leading roles. She was the soloist with the
Santa Barbara Symphony, New Year's Eve Concert and in 2005 she appeared with
the Symphony in Ellis Island as the Sicilian Woman. She appears regularly
with Speaking of Stories. Her play The
Canary of Wild Irish Women was presented at Ensemble's
Play Readings and in New York with the active participation of the Irish Repetory Company. Her
story If Only won an Excellence in
Writing at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2006. She played Susaneh Winter in Ensemble's reading of the prize winning
play The Clearing.
In 2006 she took part in Lady Gregory's play Spreading
the News at Center Stage. In 2007 she received an Indie Award for her performance in White Liars at the Victoria Theatre, where she was seen as the lead in Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All. She won a first at the 2008 Santa Barbara
Writers Conference. The date for the first reading of her newest comedy Up
Mussolini’s Nose will soon be announced.
Christina is a member of Equity, AGMA and the
Dramatists' Guild of America.