doollee banner
The Playwrights Database
contact doollee


Christine Toy Johnson

CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON

  
Nationality:    USA
email:    Click here to contact     Website:    Click here

Literary Agent:    n/a

CHRISTINe TOY JOHNSON is an award-winning playwright, actor, and filmmaker. Her first play, the NeW DeaL, was the inaugural play to be developed in the "Different Voices" program at the Roundabout Theatre Company in NYC (2006) and was part of Wesleyan University's 2011 Playwriting Curriculum. Its prequel, PaPeR SON, was in Diverse City Theatre Company's 2008 Green Room Reading Series and the Queens Theatre in the Park's 2009 Asian Heritage Festival, and is an ongoing part of the University of Michigan's Multi-cultural Drama curriculum as well as Wesleyan University's 2009 Playwriting curriculum. Other plays: INTeRNaL BLeeDING (Crossroads Theatre Company 2010 "Genesis Festival", ReImagined World entertainment's 2011 NYC Workshop starring Daryl "Chill" Mitchell), aDVeNTUReS OF a FaUX DeSIGNeR HaNDBaG (developed with Leviathan Lab, and a part of Wesleyan University's 2011 Playwriting Curriculum), "eVeR See a FaT CHINeSe?" (produced by NYC's New Perspectives Theatre Company), TaNFORaN (produced by NYC's Barrow Group Theatre Company, presented in Leviathan Lab's Asian American Female Playwrights 2011 Short Play Festival, and included in the 2011 International art of Public Memory Conference), DO theSe GeNeS MaKe Me LOOK FaT? (commissioned by the Northern Manhattan Arts alliance), PeaCe PLaZa, WeLCOMe TO TeLeVISION (for the Barrow Group Theatre Company) and SeCONDaRY IMPACT (a play with dance, currently in development). the Christine Toy Johnson Portfolio, a collection of her work, is included in the Library of Congress Asian Pacific American Performing Arts Collection. Screenplays: NO WaVe WITHOUT WIND (with Charles Randolph-Wright), JUMPING the THIRD RaIL, DULLY FOR PReSIDeNT and OLD, FaT aND UGLY. Her short film about inadvertent discrimination, aLL AmericaN eYeS, (which she also starred in and produced) was the winner of the audience award at the Waves International Film Festival, and played the HeArts and Minds and New York International Film and Video Film Festivals. awarded three grants from the California Civil Liberties Public education Program, Christine executive produced and co-directed a documentary film with her husband, filmmaker Bruce Johnson, about the first person of color to be drafted into what is now the NBa, Japanese American basketball star Wat Misaka, of the 1947 Knicks. TRaNSCeNDING - the WaT MISaKa STORY received the "Gold Kahuna" award from the Honolulu International Film Festival, the "emerging eye Directorial Discovery award" from the Roving eye Documentary Film Festival, was an official selection of the Rhode Island International Film Festival, the Carmel art and Film Festival, the Chicago Asian American Showcase, the San Diego Asian Film Festival, and opened the Houston aPa Film Festival. as a performer, she has appeared extensively on Broadway, off-Broadway, in regional Theatres across the country, in film, television, and concerts worldwide for over 25 years. an active advocate of diversity in the industry, she is an officer and board member of the alliance For Inclusion in the Arts (which received a 2011 Tony Honor for excEllence in Theatre), and as part of the elected leadership of actors' equity association, is co-chair of the union's eastern Regional equal employment Opportunity Committee. She was honored by the JaCL (the nation's largest and oldest Asian American civil rights organization) in 2010 for "exemplary leadership and dedication." Christine is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Certificate of Screenwriting Program at NYU. She is a member of aea, SaG, aFTRa, and the Dramatists Guild. For more, please visit www.christinetoyjohnson.com.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

Buy Plays with Doollee

Each page of doollee.com has links to play/book outlets, either directly to the Publisher, through Stageplays.com and Amazon to the second hand and 1st editions of AbeBooks. These links will automatically take you to the relevant area obviating the need for further search.
AbeBooks.co.uk   AbeBooks.com   Stageplays.com   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.ca
whether you are a Playwright who wishes to make their entry definitive, an unlisted Playwright or a User with a tale to tell - we want to hear from you.
download WORD submission template

below is a list of Christine Toy Johnson's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Adventures Of A Faux Designer Handbag         Barcelona         Chandra and Phoolan         Diary of a Domestic Goddess         Do These Genes Make Me Look Fat?, a 10-minute play, will be a part of "My Asian Mom 2.0.1.3", playing Fridays and Saturdays, June 21 - July 20, 2013 at 7:30 pm at The Den Theatre, 1333 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL. Tickets: $15. "My Asian Mom 2.0.1.3" is made up of eight 10-minute plays inspired by Asian mothers in all their awkward glory, consisting of material written by Asian American writers from all over the country and featuring the work of directors and actors based in the Chicago area.         Ever See A Fat Chinese?         Internal Bleeding         My Boyfriend is an Alien (and I'm okay with that)!         New Deal, The         Paper Son         Peace Plaza         Secret Wisdom of Trees, The         Tanforan         Welcome To Television

Adventures Of A Faux Designer Handbag

Adventures Of A Faux Designer Handbag
Adventures Of A Faux Designer Handbag is a comedy about three friends frantically trying to find a replacement for a priceless special edition handbag. they are catapulted through space and time from the maze of Chinatown, New York, to the Splendid China theme park in Orlando, Florida, where they try to find out if authenticity is really in the eye of the beholder.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Leviathan Lab (In Development)    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Createspace (9 Sep 2010)   978-1453809242

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Barcelona

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
lyrics by Christine Toy Johnson and Jason Ma, libretto by Christine Toy Johnson, music by Jason Ma

1st Produced:
[Reading] New York, NY 10011     26 Sep 2014

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Chandra and Phoolan

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Lyrics By Christine Toy Johnson And Kamala Sankaram, Libretto By Christine Toy Johnson, Music By Kamala Sankaram

1st Produced:
[reading] CAP21. New York, NY     31 Mar 2015

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Diary of a Domestic Goddess

Synopsis:
The story of how Maggie Jones, a quintessential 1950's Iowa housewife, learns to unleash her voice and harness her true untapped potential after discovering a series of record albums in which she must co-star in scenes pre-recorded with celebrities of the day.

Notes:
written by Christine Toy Johnson and Kevin Duda

1st Produced:
[reading] KDProductions. New York, NY     28 Apr 2016

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Do These Genes Make Me Look Fat?, a 10-minute play, will be a part of "My Asian Mom 2.0.1.3", playing Fridays and Saturdays, June 21 - July 20, 2013 at 7:30 pm at The Den Theatre, 1333 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL. Tickets: $15. "My Asian Mom 2.0.1.3" is made up of eight 10-minute plays inspired by Asian mothers in all their awkward glory, consisting of material written by Asian American writers from all over the country and featuring the work of directors and actors based in the Chicago area.

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
part of "My Asian Mom 2.0.1.3"

1st Produced:
Den Theatre, 1333 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Il.     21 Jun 2013

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
ten min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Ever See A Fat Chinese?

Synopsis:
Ever See A Fat Chinese? is a 15-minute comedy. Lexy Lee has a sneaking suspicion that she's "large for her breed". She'll do anything for a major-league make-over. Or will she?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
New Perspectives Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Short comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Internal Bleeding

Internal Bleeding
Internal Bleeding is a story of family and forgiveness, and whether the twain shall meet. a young man defies his conservative parents by joining an Olympic bound gymnastics team, instead of following the family business. Injured during a meet and paralyzed from the waist down, his parents turn their backs on him for the last time, telling him his disobedience got him what he deserved. Years later when he becomes a world-renowned physical therapist specializing in spinal chord injuries, his most difficult challenge comes when he's forced to make amends and treat someone who needs him desperately: his newly injured mother.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Crossroads Theatre Company Genesis Festival    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Createspace (9 Sep 2010)   978-1453809242

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

My Boyfriend is an Alien (and I'm okay with that)!

Synopsis:
Taking place in Waterloo, Iowa in the summer of 1955, My Boyfriend is an Alien (and I'm okay with that)! is about Arlene, a cashier at the local Hinky Dinky, whose life changes when she falls in love with an Alien named David.

Notes:
music by Bobby Cronin, book and lyrics by Christine Toy Johnson

1st Produced:
Prospect Theater Company at the West End Theatre. New York, NY     2015

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

New Deal, The

New Deal, The
the New Deal is a comic Drama about a Chinese American woman at odds with her cultural identity and propensity towards being hyper-superstitious. Her life and luck change, though, when she travels to Hong Kong to uncover a family secret and save their New York City restaurant from demolition.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
Roundabout Theatre Company "Different Voices" Workshop

1st Published:
Createspace (9 Sep 2010)   978-1453809242

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comic Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Paper Son

Paper Son
Paper Son is the story of a young Chinese man who must learn to balance his American identity with his family's immigrant journey. It's 1952, and when he meets his match in an American-born-Chinese girl, romance and new questions about the name he lost in his secretly illegal immigration follow.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Queens Theatre In The Park Asian Heritage Month Festival     2008

Organisations:
Diverse Theatre Company Green Room Series

1st Published:
Createspace (9 Sep 2010)   978-1453809242

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Peace Plaza

Synopsis:
a woman fears the cost of civil disobedience as she waits for her daughter to return on the day Martin Luther King is shot.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama/ Ten-minute play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Secret Wisdom of Trees, The

Synopsis:
he Secret Wisdom of Trees is the story of Abby Green, an intrepid and fiercely funny octogenarian, who tries to prepare her family and herself for her journey into Alzheimer's by planting trees at the locations of her biggest memories.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Barrow Group Theatre Company. New York, NY     10 Jan 2016

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Tanforan

Synopsis:
a Caucasian woman married to a Japanese American man during World War II must reconcile the identity the U.S. government gives her with the one she has with her husband and children, or risk losing the only home she knows: her family.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Barrow Group
312 West 36th Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10018     01 Feb 2011

Organisations:
the Barrow Group Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama/Ten-minute play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Welcome To Television

Synopsis:
Behind the scenes at Perfect Pitched Productions, newcomer Sabrina Lee discovers that "reality" isn't all that it's cracked up to be.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy/One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page