Christie Rotarius is serving as Founding Director of Neurodiversity Allies. She is a multi-hyphenate theatre professional currently working in the Seattle area as an actor (under the stage name Christie Lynn Devoe), singer, voice teacher, vocal coach, teaching artist, and music director. She is also on the Board and serves as Vice President of Student Auditions for NATS Puget Sound (National Association of Teachers of Singing). Christie is a member of Actor’s Equity Association, The Voice Foundation, and Musical Theatre Educators’ Alliance. She has a Master of Music Degree in Musical Theatre Vocal Performance and a Post Graduate Advanced Certificate in Vocal Pedagogy from New York University and a Bachelor of Music in Classical Vocal Performance from Montclair State University. She also studied Music Education at Asbury University. She has a Vocal Health First Aide Certificate and works as a Singing Voice Specialist in coordination with Laryngologists and Speech and Language Pathologists to help professional singers and actors recover from vocal injuries.

As a performer, teaching artist and music director, Christie has worked at theaters like Broadway’s George Gershwin Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and Madison Square Garden. She has worked in higher education as an Adjunct Instructor of Voice at NYU Steinhardt and as Visiting Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre at The University of Mississippi. As an educator, she has partnered with many neurodivergent students and is passionate about creating inclusive opportunities for all humans. Christie has also performed with Parachute Players – a theater company creating immersive, multisensory theatre experiences for young people with disabilities in King County – as a para-player.