Christine Toy Johnson - Official Site

Since its debut, our film,
TRANSCENDING – THE WAT MISAKA STORY
has made some powerful waves:

On August 7, 2009, Wat Misaka’s profile was finally added to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts

On October 14, 2009, President Barack Obama invited Wat to be present at the signing of his Executive Order restoring an Asian American and Pacific Islander initiative, and acknowledged Wat’s achievements in his introductory remarks.

On December 20, 2009, the New York Knicks will celebrate Wat on the court at Madison Square Garden, recognizing, at long last, his place in basketball history.

Dreams do come true.

I continue to be involved with an intense and provocative "documentary play" called SEVEN, written by 7 playwrights about 7 real global female activists. The brilliant Catherine Filloux wrote the sections about Mu Sochua, former Minister of Women's Affairs in Cambodia, who I am honored to portray. This project is sponsored by an amazing organization called Vital Voices. (www.vitalvoices.org)

On the writing front, my play THE NEW DEAL was given the honor of being the first play to be developed by the Roundabout Theatre Company in its "Different Voices" program in June 2006. Based on my family's life in the restaurant business as well as my own cultural ephipany as a proud Asian American, it was a joy to see it come to life in that setting.

Its' prequel, PAPER SON, has been honored by being included in the "Multi-cultural Drama" curriculum at the University of Michigan/Flint, as well as in the Playwriting curriculum at Wesleyan University. So far we have had a couple of first-rate staged readings with Diverse Theater Company and the Queens Theatre in the Park.

I am also currently working on finding a home for two other full-length plays, ADVENTURES OF A FAUX DESIGNER HANDBAG and INTERNAL BLEEDING, as well as a couple of original television pilots.

And I am the proud recipient of a grant from the Boomerang Fund for Artists in recognition of my writing and acting careers. http://www.boomerangfund.org

I am excited to have collaborated on a screenplay with the incredible Charles Randolph-Wright, called NO WAVE WITHOUT WIND. Stay tuned for developments.

JUMPING THE THIRD RAIL, an urban-hip-hop-sports feature length film is also in development. Click Here to read more about these projects, or to learn more about our award-winning short film, ALL AMERICAN EYES, you can visit our production company's website:

reimaginedworldentertainment.com

Other exciting news: I join such luminaries as the late great Lloyd Richards, Jane Alexander and Tina Howe in a wonderful, comprehensive book called" THE WORLD OF THEATRE, Tradition and Innovation". My profile is an interview about a subject near and dear to my heart: Non-traditional Casting.

I am also now listed in "Who's Who of American Women".