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Christie Perfetti Williams (Playwright/Producer) is the founding artistic director of Carnival Girls Productions. She is an NYIT-nominated playwright with over 30 productions of her work performed internationally. A novelist and screenwriter as well, Christie is dedicated to creating and producing art by and about women. She is a volunteer with resettled refugees, a PTO parent, church-goer and Taekwon-Do enthusiast. Occasionally she reads a palm. Born and raised in Oswego, NY and a graduate of Wells College, Christie makes her home on the Jersey Shore with her partner and husband, Greg, their children, Luke, Eve and Ruby, and rescue pup, Memphis.

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Photos: In Rehearsal With Retro Productions BETTYE AND THE JOCKETTES SPINNING RECORDS AT THE HOLIDAY INN
by A.A. Cristi - May 3, 2024

Christie Perfetti Williams new play Bettye and the Jockettes Spinning Records at the Holiday Inn opens tonight at The Gene Frankel Theatre in NoHo.. The World Premiere runs until May 18. Go inside the process with new photos from the rehearsal room. 
BETTYE AND THE JOCKETTES SPINNING RECORDS AT THE HOLIDAY INN is Coming to the Gene Frankel Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 21, 2024

The world premiere of Christie Perfetti Williams' new play, BETTYE AND THE JOCKETTES SPINNING RECORDS AT THE HOLIDAY INN is coming to the Gene Frankel Theatre.
Carnival Girls Productions Presents The World Premiere of THE MAGAZINE, May 4-13
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 19, 2023

Critically acclaimed playwright Christie Perfetti Williams's new play, THE MAGAZINE, will  have its World Premiere at the Sargent Theatre in Manhattan. The timely drama (mixed with  comedy) will have a limited run, May 4 – 13.
Carnival Girls Productions To Present The World Premiere Of THE MAGAZINE
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 15, 2020

Critically acclaimed playwright Christie Perfetti Williams's new play, THE MAGAZINE, will have its World Premiere at The Chain Theatre in Midtown Manhattan. The timely drama which is mixed with comedy will have a limited run, April 2 - 11. Opening night is slated for Thursday, April 2. Williams's recent New York City productions include The Werewolf of Washing Heights (Carnival Girls Productions) and An Appeal to the Woman of the House (Retro Productions).
BWW Review: THE WEREWOLF OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, The Cockpit
by Cindy Marcolina - Aug 21, 2019

A reporter and her camerawoman visit a family after one of their twin children has disappeared. Peculiar family relationships and a modest social critique are unearthed in a New York that's bordering World War 45, where hipsters and criminals coexists in a grim picture of the city.
Retro Productions Presents The World Premiere of Gina Femia's Play WE ARE A MASTERPIECE
by Julie Musbach - Feb 22, 2018

Retro Productions, who was recently awarded the prestigious Caffe Cino Fellowship Award at the New York Innovative Theatre Awards (NYIT), follows up their hit 2017 season with the World Premiere of Gina Femia's play, We Are A Masterpiece. The production is directed by Retro company member, DeLisa M. White. We Are A Masterpiece runs April 7 - 21 at the 14th Street Y.
BWW Review: THE WEREWOLF OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS at Kraine Theater
by Derek Schwabe - Oct 26, 2017

This dark new play from Christie Perfetti Williams lingers over a multi-tiered intersection of vulnerable identities, confronting the devastating consequences of a near-future scenario that's all too easy to imagine.
An All-Female Company presents THE WEREWOLF OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 9, 2017

All-female theater company, Carnival Girls Productions, produces a nine character, all-female drama, The Werewolf of Washington Heights October 11 22 at the Kraine Theater in NYC. It is a world premiere production.
2017 IT Awards Announce Four Honorary Award Recipients
by BWW News Desk - Sep 22, 2017

On Monday, September 25, 2017, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization who for the past 13 years has been dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, will present four honorary awards along side the 26 awards for outstanding achievement in theatre.
Retro Productions to Donate a Percentage of Box Office to Neighborhood Cats
by BWW News Desk - Apr 13, 2017

Retro Productions is pleased to announce that they will be donating a percentage of their box-office to the New York City based Neighborhood Cats. A catch, neuter, and release organization that was founded in 1999 by 3 Upper West Side neighbors who came together to help a colony of 30 feral cats.
Award-Winning Retro Productions Presents AND MISS REARDON DRINKS A LITTLE
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 17, 2017

Award-winning Retro Productions, under the Artistic Direction of Heather E. Cunningham, will present the critically acclaimed play, And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little. The production runs May 5th through May 20th at the Gene Frankel Theatre. Shay Gines, a Founding Executive Director of the New York Innovative Theatre Awards, directs. This is the 50th anniversary of And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little. The play was originally produced in Los Angles in 1967, and in 1971 the comedy opened on Broadway at the Morosco Theatre.
Retro Productions' THE BUTTER AND EGG MAN to Open in May
by Tyler Peterson - Apr 2, 2015

Retro Productions is celebrating their 10th anniversary with, The Butter and Egg Man by George S. Kaufman. Perhaps one of Kaufman's lesser known works, The Butter and Egg Man is a wonderful comedy about producing theater and was one of Kaufman's biggest Broadway successes when it opened at the Longacre Theatre in 1925. The production is directed by Ricardo Rust who co-produced Retro Productions, An Appeal to the Woman of the House which was nominated for 3 New York Innovative Theater Awards and won an award for Heather E. Cunningham for Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role.
The Winners! 2014 New York Innovative Theatre Awards Honor The Best of Off-Off Broadway
by Robert Diamond - Sep 23, 2014

The 10th Annual New York Innovative Theatre Awards Ceremony will celebrate the Off-Off-Broadway Theatre community and honor this past season's greatest achievements. The awards will be presented by celebrities from the theatre community at large.
New York Innovative Theatre Foundation Announces 2014 IT Awards Nominees
by Louisa Brady - Jul 22, 2014

On Monday, July 21, 2014, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization who for the past 10 years has been dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, announced the 2014 nominees at its annual event. Celebrating ten years and thousands of nominees, the IT PARTY took place at XL Night Club, 512 West 42nd Street.
Retro Productions Opens AN APPEAL TO THE WOMAN OF THE HOUSE Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2014

Throughout the 2013-2014 season Retro Productions has been workshopping Christie Perfetti Williams full length play, AN APPEAL TO THE WOMAN OF THE HOUSE. Born out of the Retro Productions 20th Century Salon in the fall of 2012, AN APPEAL TO THE WOMAN OF THE HOUSE will have its World Premiere in May 2014 and is being directed by DeLisa White.
James M. Armstrong, Heather Cunningham & More to Star in Retro Productions' THE WOMAN OF THE HOUSE
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 25, 2014

The production stars James M. Armstrong (Member of the Workshop Theater), Heather Cunningham (The Runner Stumbles/Off Broadway), Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy (Advance Man/Gideon Productions), Laura Killeen (Sweeney Todd/London), Daryl Lathon (Volume of Smoke/Playwright Clay McLeod Chapman), Elise Rovinsky (Women and War/Bleecker Street Theater), Ben Schnickel (Billy Witch/Astoria Performing Arts Center) and Ric Sechrest (The Desk Set/Spoon Theatre).
Retro Productions to Open AN APPEAL TO THE WOMAN OF THE HOUSE, May 2014
by BWW News Desk - Feb 27, 2014

Throughout the 2013-2014 season Retro Productions has been workshopping Christie Perfetti Williams full length play, AN APPEAL TO THE WOMAN OF THE HOUSE. Born out of the Retro Productions 20th Century Salon in the fall of 2012, AN APPEAL TO THE WOMAN OF THE HOUSE will have its World Premiere in May 2014 and is being directed by DeLisa White.

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