Christine Cummings (she, her, hers)

Christine has been performing and directing for the stage throughout Chicago and SoCal for the past 25 years. She has directed multiple productions in Illinois and California including Rumors at Cal Lutheran University, Stop Kiss, California Suite, Top Girls, 6 Characters in Search of an Author, No Exit and Blithe Spirit at Mt. San Antonio College, Matrimonial Mayhem with Laguna Playhouse, Pride’s Crossing at Elmhurst College where she received Best Director honors, Tartuffe at Aurora University, and Crimes of the Heart at Illinois Central College, as well as Hello Dolly! and Once Upon a Mattress. As an actor, SoCal performances include roles as Iago in All The World’s a Grave, Lucienne in Monique, Veronica in Family Matters, Jaqueline in Don’t Dress for Dinner, Rosalind in As You Like It, Chris in Rumors, Avery Bly in Sin and Elsa Von Grossenknueten in Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. Chicago favorites include Maria Merelli in Lend me a Tenor, Becca in Rabbit Hole, Helga Ten Dorp in Deathtrap, and the world premieres of Fraternal Instinct and Cold Cold Feet. Christine is also a Theater Professor at Cal Lutheran University.