Christine Farrell is an actress, playwright and director. She was the originator and co-author of Mama Drama (Cleveland Play House, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Dorset Play House), which is published by Samuel French. Her short play, The Once Attractive Woman (Faber and Faber) was produced in the Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon Series, as well as regional theatres in New Jersey and Florida. She is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, SAG/AFTRA and AEA. She has been a recipient of an Affiliate Artist Grant from the NEA, an Outstanding Achievement in Theater and Television Award, a MacDowell Colony Fellowship and an Alfred P. Sloan Grant. Her play Our Half of the Sky was chosen by the Great Plains Theatre Conference in 2020. This season she created the role of Ruth in EST’s Sloan production of Smart by Mary Hamilton and returned to acting professionally.