NEWS
December 21, 2017
CBS News digital's year-end special, "2017 Unsubscribe," produced and edited by Christina, will premiere on CBSN at 9pm ET. The piece takes a look back at the year that brought us everything from the highs of "Wonder Woman" and the solar eclipse to the lows of Charlottesville and the Vegas shooting. Through all the ups and downs, one thing remained consistent. The stream of news events this year felt utterly relentless, interrupting our personal lives with news of political oustings, celebrity deaths and tragic massacres, almost on a daily basis. It was as epic as it was overwhelming, and it left people wishing they could simply unsubscribe from it all.
October 30, 2017
Christina's documentary, "Portland: Race Against the Past," will premiere on CBSN at 8pm ET. The piece explores the roots of racism in America by looking at Portland, Oregon as a microcosm of the larger problem. When most people think of Portland, they think of "Portlandia," a liberal -- sometimes comically hipster -- haven in the Pacific Northwest. What most people don't realize, however, is that the roots of racism and white supremacy in Portland run deep. When Oregon became a state in 1859, it made slavery illegal, but it also made it illegal for black people to reside in the state at all. And the effects of that law have ensured that Portland remains the whitest major city in America even to this day. With that in mind, the recent train attack is far from an isolated incident. It's a symptom of a much larger problem lurking beneath the surface.
September 12, 2017
Christina's documentary, "Thicker Than Water," will premiere on CBSN at 9pm ET. The piece takes an intimate look at the small towns often overlooked in the aftermath of natural disasters, like Hurricane Harvey, when most national coverage focuses on the major cities hit hardest. In fact, much like everyone else, Christina and her crew flew into New Orleans in late August with the intention of driving toward the catastrophic flooding in Houston. On the way there, however, Mother Nature intervened, leaving them stranded in the small farming community of Winnie, Texas. Now, they couldn't be happier that it did, forcing them to take a hard look at the people whose stories often go untold.
March 27, 2017
Christina's documentary, "Gender: The Space Between," will premiere on CBSN at 8pm ET. The piece takes an intimate look at the type of transgender people so often left out of the national discussion -- those who live in the space between man and woman. Immediately following the doc, "CBS This Morning: Saturday" co-host Alex Wagner will moderate a panel discussion on the science, policy and familial issues surrounding trans youth in America.
December 22, 2016
"2016 WTF," a year-end special produced and edited by Christina will premiere on CBS News' 24/7 streaming network, CBSN, at 8pm ET.
February 25, 2016
Christina's song, "Oxygen" (co-written with composer Benny Gammerman) will be performed as part of the Broadway Sings for PKD concert at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC. "Broadway Sings for PKD" uses musical theatre to raise awareness for Polycystic Kidney Disease and funds for the PKD Foundation. Emerging musical theatre writers team up with Broadway performers to deliver a night of original songs for a great cause. Click here for tickets..
May 4, 2015
Christina's song, "F*ck the News" (co-written with composer Emily Goldman) will be performed as part of the Lady and the Vamp concert at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC. "Lady and the Vamp" celebrates female songwriters by showcasing some of today's top female composers and lyricists working in musical theatre. Its goal is to promote gender equality and the visibility of women working in the medium. Click here for tickets.
February 16, 2015
Christina's song, "Something Different" (co-written with composer Benny Gammerman) will be performed as part of the Broadway <3 Canines for Kids musical benefit event at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC. Broadway <3 Canines for Kids is a Valentine's Day-themed concert, celebrating love. The one night only event will benefit Canines for Disabled Kids, a non-profit organization that provides service dogs for disabled children. The evening will feature Broadway performers interpreting songs about love by emerging musical theater writers. Click here for tickets.
January 28, 2015
Christina was featured on Dogster.com as a "Dogster Hero" for her work on the children's book, Rusty the Rescue, which introduces young readers to the plight of shelter dogs and the beauty of adoption. Click here to read the article and here to purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.
December 16, 2014
Christina's first children's book, Rusty the Rescue, was published and is now available for purchase on Amazon.com as both a print book and a kindle e-book. This book -- the first in the Rusty the Rescue series -- is intended to introduce young readers to the plight of shelter dogs and the beauty of adoption. With illustrations by New York artist and musical theatre performer Ryan Bauer-Walsh, the book now has its own popular Facebook page; and it's publication has been covered by Dogster, the Dogington Post and the Independent Press! Christina and Ryan are donating a portion of the book's proceeds to North Shore Animal League America (the world's largest NO-KILL rescue and adoption organization) to help dogs like Rusty.
November 21, 2014
Christina's song "You Gotta Be A Bitch" (written with composer Benny Gammerman) will be featured in Big Thunder Productions' #YesAllWomen Raise Your Voice Concert at The Tank @ 46 in New York. This concert, which is being performed in various venues from California to New York, hopes to connect performing arts communities around the country, as well as give voice to the immediate social issue of gender equality. Christina's song, a comedy number with darker undertones, is about the ways in which women have to behave to survive in the workforce today.
November 9, 2014
Christina's song "Yes All Women" will be featured in Big Thunder Productions' #YesAllWomen Raise Your Voice Concert at The Costume Shop at American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. This concert, which is being performed in various venues from California to New York, hopes to connect performing arts communities around the country, as well as give voice to the immediate social issue of gender equality. Christina's song, a piano rock ensemble number, serves as a sort of rallying cry for this event.
August 15, 2014
Christina's song "Identical Strangers" (written with composer Emily Goldman) will be showcased in the fourth annual Broadway Sings for PKD concert at Joe's Pub within New York's famed Public Theater. Proceeds from the concert will go to the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation, which "promotes programs of research, advocacy, education, support and awareness in order to discover treatments and a cure."
July 23, 2014
Christina's song "Identical Strangers" (written with composer Emily Goldman) will be showcased in the New York Musical Theater Festival's 2014 The Music Box: An Evening of Lady Composers at the Ford Foundation Studio. Come celebrate exciting music composed exclusively by talented women of the musical theatre. Featuring compositions by composers including Amanda Green, Mary-Mitchell Campbell and Leslie Becker, and Zoe Sarnak, as well as performances by Allyson Tucker and Grace McLean. The night promises to be an unforgettable celebration of groundbreaking news works for the stage.
July 15-16, 2014
Christina's song "Best We Can" (written with composer Eunggyu Lee) will be showcased in the New York Musical Theater Festival's 2014 Trailblazers Concert. TRAILBLAZERS is a celebration of the new sounds of musical theatre. Just as The Lisps brought their indie rock band to The Good Person of Szechwan and Dave Malloy created an electronica opera with The Great Comet of 1812, TRAILBLAZERS will push the boundaries of convention. Be adventurous and join us for a night of surprises by these new composers.
June 4, 2014
Christina's song "This Song Instead" (written with composer Niko Tsakalakos) was featured at Broadway au Carré in Paris. The evening was hosted by Lisandro Nesis and the song was performed by Sonia Kang. Video of the performance can be viewed here.
May 31, 2014
Christina's song "Pull Yourself Together" -- inspired by the incredible, real-life shelter dog, Lucy -- is featured on the website Outreach to Pets In Need as a tribute to Lucy and a fundraising tool for the shelter.
May 29, 2014
Two of Christina's songs -- "Best We Can" and "You Gotta Be A Bitch" -- were featured at 54 Below in the cabaret 23 at 54, hosted by Michael John Lachiusa.
May 21, 2014
Christina's song "Sound and the Fury" was showcased in the Sing Away The Stigma benefit concert at 54 Below, which used musical theatre as a way of helping to erase the stigma of mental illness. A dozen people of different ages, locations, and backgrounds shared their personal stories of mental illness, and emerging musical theatre writers turned those stories into songs. Broadway performers then interpreted these songs in concert to raise awareness for mental illness, open the conversation, and raise funds for Bring Change 2 Mind, a non-profit working towards erasing the stigma of mental illness. Performers included Becca Ayers, Nick Cearley, Amber Gray, Brian Charles Rooney, Remy Zaken, and more to be announced.
CBS News digital's year-end special, "2017 Unsubscribe," produced and edited by Christina, will premiere on CBSN at 9pm ET. The piece takes a look back at the year that brought us everything from the highs of "Wonder Woman" and the solar eclipse to the lows of Charlottesville and the Vegas shooting. Through all the ups and downs, one thing remained consistent. The stream of news events this year felt utterly relentless, interrupting our personal lives with news of political oustings, celebrity deaths and tragic massacres, almost on a daily basis. It was as epic as it was overwhelming, and it left people wishing they could simply unsubscribe from it all.
October 30, 2017
Christina's documentary, "Portland: Race Against the Past," will premiere on CBSN at 8pm ET. The piece explores the roots of racism in America by looking at Portland, Oregon as a microcosm of the larger problem. When most people think of Portland, they think of "Portlandia," a liberal -- sometimes comically hipster -- haven in the Pacific Northwest. What most people don't realize, however, is that the roots of racism and white supremacy in Portland run deep. When Oregon became a state in 1859, it made slavery illegal, but it also made it illegal for black people to reside in the state at all. And the effects of that law have ensured that Portland remains the whitest major city in America even to this day. With that in mind, the recent train attack is far from an isolated incident. It's a symptom of a much larger problem lurking beneath the surface.
September 12, 2017
Christina's documentary, "Thicker Than Water," will premiere on CBSN at 9pm ET. The piece takes an intimate look at the small towns often overlooked in the aftermath of natural disasters, like Hurricane Harvey, when most national coverage focuses on the major cities hit hardest. In fact, much like everyone else, Christina and her crew flew into New Orleans in late August with the intention of driving toward the catastrophic flooding in Houston. On the way there, however, Mother Nature intervened, leaving them stranded in the small farming community of Winnie, Texas. Now, they couldn't be happier that it did, forcing them to take a hard look at the people whose stories often go untold.
March 27, 2017
Christina's documentary, "Gender: The Space Between," will premiere on CBSN at 8pm ET. The piece takes an intimate look at the type of transgender people so often left out of the national discussion -- those who live in the space between man and woman. Immediately following the doc, "CBS This Morning: Saturday" co-host Alex Wagner will moderate a panel discussion on the science, policy and familial issues surrounding trans youth in America.
December 22, 2016
"2016 WTF," a year-end special produced and edited by Christina will premiere on CBS News' 24/7 streaming network, CBSN, at 8pm ET.
February 25, 2016
Christina's song, "Oxygen" (co-written with composer Benny Gammerman) will be performed as part of the Broadway Sings for PKD concert at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC. "Broadway Sings for PKD" uses musical theatre to raise awareness for Polycystic Kidney Disease and funds for the PKD Foundation. Emerging musical theatre writers team up with Broadway performers to deliver a night of original songs for a great cause. Click here for tickets..
May 4, 2015
Christina's song, "F*ck the News" (co-written with composer Emily Goldman) will be performed as part of the Lady and the Vamp concert at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC. "Lady and the Vamp" celebrates female songwriters by showcasing some of today's top female composers and lyricists working in musical theatre. Its goal is to promote gender equality and the visibility of women working in the medium. Click here for tickets.
February 16, 2015
Christina's song, "Something Different" (co-written with composer Benny Gammerman) will be performed as part of the Broadway <3 Canines for Kids musical benefit event at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC. Broadway <3 Canines for Kids is a Valentine's Day-themed concert, celebrating love. The one night only event will benefit Canines for Disabled Kids, a non-profit organization that provides service dogs for disabled children. The evening will feature Broadway performers interpreting songs about love by emerging musical theater writers. Click here for tickets.
January 28, 2015
Christina was featured on Dogster.com as a "Dogster Hero" for her work on the children's book, Rusty the Rescue, which introduces young readers to the plight of shelter dogs and the beauty of adoption. Click here to read the article and here to purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.
December 16, 2014
Christina's first children's book, Rusty the Rescue, was published and is now available for purchase on Amazon.com as both a print book and a kindle e-book. This book -- the first in the Rusty the Rescue series -- is intended to introduce young readers to the plight of shelter dogs and the beauty of adoption. With illustrations by New York artist and musical theatre performer Ryan Bauer-Walsh, the book now has its own popular Facebook page; and it's publication has been covered by Dogster, the Dogington Post and the Independent Press! Christina and Ryan are donating a portion of the book's proceeds to North Shore Animal League America (the world's largest NO-KILL rescue and adoption organization) to help dogs like Rusty.
November 21, 2014
Christina's song "You Gotta Be A Bitch" (written with composer Benny Gammerman) will be featured in Big Thunder Productions' #YesAllWomen Raise Your Voice Concert at The Tank @ 46 in New York. This concert, which is being performed in various venues from California to New York, hopes to connect performing arts communities around the country, as well as give voice to the immediate social issue of gender equality. Christina's song, a comedy number with darker undertones, is about the ways in which women have to behave to survive in the workforce today.
November 9, 2014
Christina's song "Yes All Women" will be featured in Big Thunder Productions' #YesAllWomen Raise Your Voice Concert at The Costume Shop at American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. This concert, which is being performed in various venues from California to New York, hopes to connect performing arts communities around the country, as well as give voice to the immediate social issue of gender equality. Christina's song, a piano rock ensemble number, serves as a sort of rallying cry for this event.
August 15, 2014
Christina's song "Identical Strangers" (written with composer Emily Goldman) will be showcased in the fourth annual Broadway Sings for PKD concert at Joe's Pub within New York's famed Public Theater. Proceeds from the concert will go to the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation, which "promotes programs of research, advocacy, education, support and awareness in order to discover treatments and a cure."
July 23, 2014
Christina's song "Identical Strangers" (written with composer Emily Goldman) will be showcased in the New York Musical Theater Festival's 2014 The Music Box: An Evening of Lady Composers at the Ford Foundation Studio. Come celebrate exciting music composed exclusively by talented women of the musical theatre. Featuring compositions by composers including Amanda Green, Mary-Mitchell Campbell and Leslie Becker, and Zoe Sarnak, as well as performances by Allyson Tucker and Grace McLean. The night promises to be an unforgettable celebration of groundbreaking news works for the stage.
July 15-16, 2014
Christina's song "Best We Can" (written with composer Eunggyu Lee) will be showcased in the New York Musical Theater Festival's 2014 Trailblazers Concert. TRAILBLAZERS is a celebration of the new sounds of musical theatre. Just as The Lisps brought their indie rock band to The Good Person of Szechwan and Dave Malloy created an electronica opera with The Great Comet of 1812, TRAILBLAZERS will push the boundaries of convention. Be adventurous and join us for a night of surprises by these new composers.
June 4, 2014
Christina's song "This Song Instead" (written with composer Niko Tsakalakos) was featured at Broadway au Carré in Paris. The evening was hosted by Lisandro Nesis and the song was performed by Sonia Kang. Video of the performance can be viewed here.
May 31, 2014
Christina's song "Pull Yourself Together" -- inspired by the incredible, real-life shelter dog, Lucy -- is featured on the website Outreach to Pets In Need as a tribute to Lucy and a fundraising tool for the shelter.
May 29, 2014
Two of Christina's songs -- "Best We Can" and "You Gotta Be A Bitch" -- were featured at 54 Below in the cabaret 23 at 54, hosted by Michael John Lachiusa.
May 21, 2014
Christina's song "Sound and the Fury" was showcased in the Sing Away The Stigma benefit concert at 54 Below, which used musical theatre as a way of helping to erase the stigma of mental illness. A dozen people of different ages, locations, and backgrounds shared their personal stories of mental illness, and emerging musical theatre writers turned those stories into songs. Broadway performers then interpreted these songs in concert to raise awareness for mental illness, open the conversation, and raise funds for Bring Change 2 Mind, a non-profit working towards erasing the stigma of mental illness. Performers included Becca Ayers, Nick Cearley, Amber Gray, Brian Charles Rooney, Remy Zaken, and more to be announced.
