CHRISTOPHER REINER
christopherreiner.com
Writer
Books
- I Want Nothing But You In the World (Spuyten Duyvil, 2015)
- Pain (Avec Books, 2002)
- Ogling Anchor (Avec Books 1999)
- A Coward's Libretto (Texture Press 1993)
Anthologies
- Intersections: Innovative Poetry in Southern California (PIP Anthology of World Poetry of the 20th Century," Douglas Messerli, ed.)
- Writing from the New Coast (Peter Gizzi & Julliana Spahr, ed., 1991)
Songwriter / Composer
Theatre Productions
Composer-in-Residence for Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre Group from 2005-2015. Wrote songs and musical interludes for shows that were performed at the group's Los Angeles venue and off-Broadway in New York City. Major productions include:
- End Up Here (ZJU Theatre, Los Angeles, May - September 2018)
- Edgar Allan Poe's Tell-Tale Heart (St. Luke's Theatre, New York City, September - October 2009)
- Masque of the Red Death (St. Luke's Theatre, New York City, October - November 2009)
- Alice In Wonderland (Actors Temple Theatre, New York City, February 2010)
- Urban Death (Players Theatre, New York City, June - August 2010)
- Willam Shakespeare's Venus & Adonis (ZJU Theatre, Los Angeles, 2006)
- Love (ZJU Theatre, Los Angeles, May - June 2004)
Film
- Death Valley Project: The Making of The Last Supper Sculpture (film, 50 min. Suzanne Hackett-Morgan, dir. 2002, Napa Valley Film Festival)
Recordings
- 2018 (Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp) 10 Songs, 2019
- The Enemy Redux (Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp) 10 Songs, 2018
- Immaculate Heart (Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp) 10 Songs, 2016)
- Kiss Me Hello (Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp) 12 Songs, 2010)
- When We Were Smart (Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp) 10 Songs, 2008
Editor & Publisher
Witz: A Journal of Contemporary Poetics (1993-2000, 27 Issues. Indexed in American Humanities Index. All issues available online at the University of Pennsylvania)
Margin to Margin: Chapbook Series
- Goings by Martin Nakell (Chapbook, 2000)
- A Swarm in the Aperture by Eric Baus (Chapbook, 2002)
- This is Clark by Jono Schneider (2000)
- How I Wrote This Story by Sarah Rosenthal, 2001
- Gaps in the System by Stephen-Paul Martin, 2002
- Portrait As If Through My Own Voice by Diane Ward (2000)
- Notes for the Imagination by Noah de Lissovoy, 1999)
Additional Works
The Wedding Song (video, 4 min., composer / director, 1997, Vancouver Videopoem Festival 1997)
Stage Sleep (video, 12 min., composer / writer / director, 1999)
The Man Who Ate A Car (video, 10 min, writer /director, LA Freewaves Film Festival 2000)
Beautymarks (video, 50 min.composer / writer / director, 2023)
Education
B.A. Sonoma State University, "with distinction in English Literature" 1991
Works Reviewed in Print and Online
End Up Here reviewed in Broadway World
Love reviewed in Backstage West
Tell-Tale Heart reviewed in the New York Times
Urban Death reviewed in the New York Times
Tell-Tale Heart reviewed in the Los Angeles Times
Alice in Wonderland reviewed in L.A. Weekly
Urban Death article and personal profile in L.A. Weekly
Urban Death at Edinburgh Fringe 2018