ABOUT

Christian Albright is a playwright, songwriter and voice actor in Atlanta. He wrote the lyrics for Milo Imagines the World, which recently premiered at the Chicago Children’s Theatre, and will make its second premiere at Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis.

Albright was born in New York and moved to Atlanta, GA in his late teens where he became a performer for the Youth Ensemble of Atlanta (YEA). There he developed his performance skills and would eventually write skits and teach the newly inducted youth in the program. Albright briefly studied theatre at Oglethorpe University, where he did perform in the university plays & musicals. He went on to perform in Georgia Shakespeare’s production of Macbeth. Albright soon fostered connections with the Alliance theatre, eventually becoming the lyricist for their musical adaptation of The Incredible Book Eating Boy and soon after, becoming an collaborative songwriter for their musical adaptation of the story of Peter Rabbit, Into the Burrow.

Christian Magby is an actor and composer, who previously starred opposite Raul Esparza in the world premiere of the rock musical, “Galileo” at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. The show was written by Danny Strong and directed by Michael Mayer. He had a supporting role in the Oscar nominated, Amazon feature, “One Night in Miami,” directed by Regina King, starring opposite Leslie Odom Jr., Aldis Hodge and Lance Reddick. He was a recurring guest star for two seasons on The CW’s hit series, “The Flash,” and he also recurred on The CW series, “Legacies.”

Born in Atlanta, he started his acting career with the Youth Ensemble of Atlanta. At the age of sixteen, he wrote his first musical, “Love DOES Cost a Thing,” which premiered at 7 Stages Theatre and since then, has written and composed several musicals.  Magby composed the music, “The Incredible Book Eating Boy” that ran at Alliance Theatre Company from July through October of 2022, and is currently slated to premiere at South Coast Repertory in 2025. He composed the music for “Milo Imagines the World,” which premiered at Chicago Children’s Theatre. In addition, he executive produced and composed the musical "Mother of God,” that premiered at the Southwest Arts Center in Atlanta in December of 2022.

Magby has worked as an actor and music director in a number ofAtlanta theatres, including Alliance Theatre, Aurora Theatre, Horizon Theatre Company, Theatrical Outfit, and Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company.

He is a graduate of SCAD and was commissioned to arrange the school’s alma mater.