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actor - playwright - novelist - aerialist

Latest projects:
Lead role (WENDY) in Looking Up - a play with trapeze at THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
February 14th - March 2nd

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photo by Erika Silverstein
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photo by Erika Silverstein
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photo by Erika Silverstein
"special mention has to go to the director Carla Cantrelle, who is supurb as the fabulousuly bitchy ex-wife Janice."
-The Scotsman for John Patrick Shanley's Italian-American Reconciliation

"But what makes the play is Cantrelle... You can't help but be mesmerised."
-The Scotsman for Looking Up

Originated the role of Polly in a cast nominated for Best Ensemble by The Stage at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe for As it is in Heaven.  "Carla Cantrelle is a standout as a fallen woman new to the community" Backstage


SAG/EQUITY
Ht: 5' 4" Wt. 115 Eyes: Blue Hair: Light Brown

carla@carlacantrelle.com
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THEATRE - NEW YORK

SPEAKEASY by the Fire Dept.                         Weird Sister                     Joe’s Pub
    (Neil LaButte, Theresa Rebeck and others)
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN by Arlene Hutton             Polly (originated role)             ArcLight Theater
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN                                                                     78th Street TheatreLab
FOOD FOR THOUGHT                                     Lead                         HERE
THE BACCHAE                                             Dionysus                     FringeNYC
HOUSEPLAY by Arlene Hutton                         The Visitor                 Peekaboo Festival
ONE SIZE KILLS ALL                             Several Roles                     New York Theatre Workshop
    (comedy revue by Tracy Poust and Jon Kinnaly)
DREAMER EXAMINES HIS PILLOW             Donna                     Michael Howard Studio Theatre
FOUR ONE ACT PLAYS                 Leading Roles                         Playwrights Horizons JuneFest
TOP GIRLS                                     Nell                                 Michael Howard Studio Theatre
MOON ABOUT TOWN (musical)     Lead                                 Henry Street Settlement Theate
SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS         Clarice                             American Folk Theater
Solo Performance Pieces
NON-DAIRY CREAMER                                         2007 Estrogenius Festival
TRAPEZE                                     The Knitting Factory and The American Living Room Festival
LUNCH WITH ROGER                     The Knitting Factory
BONDAGE                                                 Josie’s Cabaret, San Francisco

REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL THEATRE
LOOKING UP – A Play With Trapeze     Lead                         Edinburgh Festival Fringe
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN             Polly (nominated Best Ensemble) Edinburgh Festival Fringe
FOOD FOR THOUGHT             Lead                                         Philadelphia Fringe
THE PRICE YOU PAY             Maggie                                         Edinburgh Festival Fringe
ITALIAN-AMERICAN RECONCILIATION     Janice (British Premiere)     Edinburgh Festival Fringe
FOOD FOR THOUGHT                                 Lead                         Edinburgh Festival Fringe
BABY WITH THE BATHWATER         Helen                                 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
CLOWNS                                     Lead                                     Tel Aviv, Israel
FOOL FOR LOVE                     May                                             Exit/In, Nashville, TN
CRIMES OF THE HEART             Meg                                     Poverty Playhouse, Nashville
TWO FOR THE SEESAW         Gittel                                         Poverty Playhouse, Nashville

FILM/TV
INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD         Mom                                 Frank Oz, dir.
AT CLOSE RANGE                     Debbie                             Jamey Foley, dir.
MARIE                                     Marilyn                                     Roger Donaldson, dir.
ANGEL HEART                         Bohemian Poet                     Alan Parker, dir.
SWEET DREAMS                     Party Girl                                 Karel Reisz, dir.
I-40 PARADISE                     Mary Lynn Trotter             The Nashville Network Series

AERIAL PERFORMANCES
ABOVE THE BELT at The Zipper
    Created a new routine monthly for this aerial cabaret/specialty: singing standards while
    performing a trapeze routine
THE GREAT AERIAL REEF at The Belt (created by Tanya Gagné)
BREAKER at Dixon Place (created by Chelsea Bacon)
SALON at the Church Street Studio

VOCALS
Cabaret, club and recording experience singing pop, country, standards and show tunes as well as
traditional English, Irish, and American folk songs.
TRAINING: Peter Thompson, Nikos Psacharopoulus, Herbert Berghof
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Static Trapeze performer and trainer/Spoons/ Improv
DIALECTS: Standard and Regional British, Cockney, Irish, Several Southern, French


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