Christian Tripp

Christian Tripp

Christian is an Alabama based actor, educator, playwright, and director. He currently serves The University of Alabama as a Full Time Instructor. This year he teaches Acting I, Acting II, Undergraduate Solo Performance, Comedy & Film, Careers, African American Performance Experience, Online Introduction to Theatre, Playwriting, and oversees the program’s New York Showcase.

Christian’s core...
Christian is an Alabama based actor, educator, playwright, and director. He currently serves The University of Alabama as a Full Time Instructor. This year he teaches Acting I, Acting II, Undergraduate Solo Performance, Comedy & Film, Careers, African American Performance Experience, Online Introduction to Theatre, Playwriting, and oversees the program’s New York Showcase.

Christian’s core values cause him to seek the betterment of the African American experience; therefore, he hungers for the advancement of the African American stage picture.

Plays

  • Everlasting: Two Plays One Fight by Christian Tripp
    Cast: 
    3–7
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    Genre: drama, horror + 3 more
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    Keyword: Afro-horror, African American culture and identity + 3 more
    Genre: drama, horror, mystery/thriller, period, verse
    Keyword: Afro-horror, African American culture and identity, African American characters, Black Lives Matters, based on Shakespearean characters
    What happens when we learn to love the systems that subdue us? Is there danger in finding beauty in one’s persecution? Is it a coping mechanism? Is it a good one? These are the questions Abihu, the royal stable hand, must wrestle with after the Roman emperor mysteriously dies. A chilling voice visits him on the eve of the prince, Abihu's adoptive brother's coronation. Wielding strange powers, the...
    What happens when we learn to love the systems that subdue us? Is there danger in finding beauty in one’s persecution? Is it a coping mechanism? Is it a good one? These are the questions Abihu, the royal stable hand, must wrestle with after the Roman emperor mysteriously dies. A chilling voice visits him on the eve of the prince, Abihu's adoptive brother's coronation. Wielding strange powers, the specter reveals to know Abihu's true father. Abihu must risk his principles in order to survive the night and discover who he truly is. However, just as the mystery unfolds, the play reimagines itself in Act II; now no longer in a stable but in a high school counselor's office.