CHRISTIE BAUGHER is a Los Angeles-based musical storyteller for stage and screen originally from Louisville, Kentucky. Her musicals include The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul (2023 ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop in Los Angeles; official selection of the 2020 Pacific Playwrights Festival, South Coast Rep; sold out in concert at Joe’s Pub at the Public, 2019) and Leni Riefenstahl Is Going To Tell You The Truth. A recipient of the American Theatre Wing’s 2022 Jonathan Larson Grant and the ASCAP Foundation’s 2023 Harold Adamson Award for Lyrics, her work as a playwright and songwriter has been featured on five continents. Recently, Christie contributed songs to the off-Broadway productions of Gwen Kingston’s Anna Karenina: A Riff and Dana Aber’s Baggage at the Door. Her choral arrangements for New York’s Peace of Heart Choir are part of the rotating soundscape at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. Christie is a graduate of the NYU/Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program (Cycle 21) and a proud member of ASCAP, the Dramatists Guild and Maestra. She is a 2015 honoree of the York’s NEO (new/emerging/outstanding) program, under the mentorship of Michael John LaChiusa. ChristieBaugher.com