Christie Chiles Twillie

Christie Chiles Twillie is a Music Director, Piano Conductor, Vocal Coach, Sound Designer and Composer.  She has Music Directed over 40 productions, and written original scores for several plays and films including, A Raisin in the Sun (Invictus Theatre), Yellowman (Fleetwood Jourdain), In The Red and Brown Water (Northwestern), Homeland 24 (Music for Theatre CHICAGO), America 2.0 (Definition Theatre), The Pandemic Trilogy and Alone. In 2019, Christie was awarded the Footlights Best Musical Direction Award for a Professional Production (Skylight Music Theatre’s Five Guys Named Moe), and a Rachel Rockwell “Fierce Women Behind The Table,” award for Music Direction by Porchlight Music Theatre. In 2018, she earned a BTAA nomination for Best Music Direction for her original score for Yellowman.  In 2017, she was a Chicago Broadway World Finalist for Best Music Direction for Big Fish (Big Noise Theatre). Regional credits include Skylight Music Theatre’s “Five Guys Named Moe,” “Newsies,” and “The Gospel at Colonus” and the Chicago premiere of Porchlight Music Theatre’s “Minnie’s Boys.” Her Bachelors and Masters Degree are in Piano Performance, she holds a minor in Dance and was a Young Artist Concerto Competition Winner. Her production company is Music for Theatre CHICAGO.