“Mix an Italian mother with a Jewish father and what do you get? Therapy. Wait, no… You get me. A Pizza Bagel. On top of that, I’m from Jersey. You’re welcome.”
Christie Schwartzman, born and raised on the Jersey Shore, is an actor-writer-director.
As an actor, she had the honor of being in the cast of A Bronx Tale: The Musical with directors Robert De Niro & Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks. Book by Chazz Palminteri. In addition, she toured the nation multiple times with Broadway shows such as Beauty and the Beast and Rock of Ages. She played Sherrie in Rock of Ages on tour, aboard the Norwegian Breakaway, and in the Vegas production.
As a writer, her feature “My Donna” a comedy-drama-musical has placed as a Second-Rounder in the Austin Film Festival and a Quarter-finalist in the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards.
Her writer-director debut was the web series, "Parkway Players" (produced + developed alongside Exit 82 Theatre Company) Playbill.com had some nice things to say about it—> Check out the trailer here!
Christie currently resides in Red Bank, NJ with her husband, 6 month old daughter and their Border Collie.
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