Hi, I’m Carolyn!
I’m an actor, singer, and cellist who’s made my home in the Chicago theater scene since 2018. I initially studied acting at Wheaton College’s Arena Theater, a small ensemble-based program with a focus on intimate storytelling and multidisciplinary theater-making. Post-grad, I’ve continued my training at Acting Studio Chicago, Susan Hart Shakespeare, Star Music Studio with Colette Todd, and more! Since 2021 I’ve been an ensemble member with Greatworks Theatre, where I’ve performed nine tracks in seven different shows in repertory for young audiences across the country. I’m also a founding member of Nonsense Productions, a fledgling theatre ensemble focused on artistic agency and community building.
Onstage, I love: queer storytelling, Shakespeare in the park, Shakespeare anywhere, blackbox musical theatre, playing men, actor-musicianship, stories about religion and religious deconstruction, adaptations of Little Women, and putting a Florence and the Machine song on every character playlist.
Offstage, I love: my day job as a farmer’s market cheesemonger (really), reading literary fiction, cooking with seasonal produce, text coaching, Lucy Dacus, Carole King, knitting, living in a walkable city, going to see plays my friends are in, drinking coffee, and noodling around on my cello.