Recipient
Christie Baugher
Christie Baugher (Music, Lyrics & Book) is a musical storyteller for stage and screen based in Los Angeles. She wrote the book, music and lyrics for The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul, which was a selection of the 2020 Pacific Playwrights Festival at South Coast Repertory and will receive its world premiere production in Los Angeles in spring 2024 directed by Danny Mefford. Her other musicals in development include Leni Riefenstahl Is Going To Tell You The Truth, The Near Tomorrow and Bobby (book/music/lyrics) and Blue Skies (music and lyrics, book by Maria Alexandria Beech). Christie’s work as a playwright and songwriter has been featured on five continents, at venues ranging from Joe’s Pub to the Seoul Institute of the Arts to her grandparents’ basement. Christie is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild, ASCAP and Maestra. She came in third on Jeopardy!, but she had fun anyway. MFA: NYU/Tisch. www.christiebaugher.com