CINCINNATI: MEET & GREET WITH CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON AND AMY DRAKE

Join DG Council Member Christine Toy Johnson and DG member Amy Drake for a special opportunity to meet other Cincinnati DG members. The meetup will be followed by a Q&A.

Christine is performing in Milwaukee Rep's production of Jane Eyre, in addition to her talents as a working dramatist. Tickets are available by clicking here.

CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON is an award-winning writer, actor, director, filmmaker, and advocate for inclusion based in New York City. Christine is part of the elected leaderships of both the Dramatists Guild and Actors' Equity Association. An avid advocate of inclusion, she was honored by the JACL (the nation's largest and oldest Asian American civil rights organization) in 2010 for "exemplary leadership and dedication", received the "Wai Look Award for Service in the Arts" from the Asian American Arts Alliance in 2012, and the Rosetta LeNoire Award for "outstanding artistic contributions to the universality of the human spirit in American theatre" from Actors' Equity Association, in 2013. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Certificate of Screenwriting Program at NYU, an alumna of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and the founder of The Asian American Composers and Lyricists Project.  http://www.christinetoyjohnson.com/

AMY DRAKE  is an actor, playwright, director, and speaker. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, board member of both the International Centre for Women Playwrights and Theatre Communications Group. Amy's plays have been performed in New York, Chicago, and other US cities. Her recent play, Eyes like Opaque Gems , was voted Most Popular Play in the Midtown International Theater Festival (MITF) Short Play Lab, NYC.  Home Body received a staged reading at The Ohio State University New Works Lab in 2015 and was nominated for four awards in MITF, New York. She was voted Theatre Roundtable Best Director for Night Must Fall and was assistant director for the Actors' Theatre production of Servant of Two Masters , which ranked among The Columbus Dispatch Top-10 shows of 2012. She holds a B.A. from Ohio Dominican University and a M.S. degree in marketing and communication from Franklin University. Her education includes playwriting, creative writing and history summer programs at Cambridge University, UK; Reed Hall, Paris; Kenyon (College) Summer Institute; and Yale University.  

www.amydrakeplays.com

Saturday, April 1

12pm - 2pm

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

Room with a View

969 Mt. Adams Circle

Cincinnati, OH 45202

Enter through the main lobby of the playhouse and look for signage that says, "Dramatists Guild Meeting." Please park on the street or on the circle, NOT in the garage or on the same level as the playhouse.