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On this episode I talked with Carly her early experiences in theater, starting at age ten with a role in a YMCA production of "Alice in Wonderland," which ignited her passion for performing, her role as Annie in a community theater production, which solidified her desire to pursue a career in the arts, her diverse musical skills which she credited to her parents' encouragement to explore different instruments and styles, being part of workshops for “Anne of Green Gables” and “Sweetwater” and what it’s like to work on beginning stages of a show and develop characters, her experience on the Theaterworks tours of “The Civil War” and “A Christmas Carol” and how those experiences prepared her for the National tour of “Wicked”, her unexpected journey to audition for the role of Elphaba in "Wicked," her initial believing she was better suited for Glinda than Elphaba, her reaction when she booked the Elphaba standby on tour, what her rehearsal process for the tour looked like, making her Elphaba debut in the same city she first saw “Wicked” on stage in, her interpretation of Elphaba, Elphaba’s growth throughout the timespan of the show, what she does backstage when she’s not on, her dream roles, and much more!
Carly is originally from Marion, Ohio, where she spent her early adolescence on the community theater stage.
In 2011, Carly graduated from Syracuse University with a B.F.A in Musical Theatre. Favorite roles include The Narrator in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Harriet in Boy Gets Girl, and Vivian in Revenge of the Space Pandas. Carly also performed original songs in campus comedy shows and saw her one act play, Post Comment, win the Syracuse New Playwrights' Festival. The play was published by Literary Laundry.
After graduating, Carly relocated to NYC. Carly has toured the US (The Civil War, A Christmas Carol) and has performed off-Broadway (Fancy Nancy the Musical). She has also written and performed her own sketches and original characters at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Theatre and has been involved with several workshops of exciting new plays and musicals, including Anne of Green Gables by Matte O'Brien and Matt Vinson and Sweetwater by Sean Mahoney and Patricia Noonan. In 2018, she was selected as a semifinalist in the Lotte Lenya Competition.
Carly is now Elphaba Standby on the Broadway North American Tour of Wicked. She occasionally defies gravity.
As a voice actor, Carly has lent her voice to clients such as Snapchat, Oakley, Asurion, Verizon, Modsy, Lively, Mirror, and the Ohio Community Development Corporation.
Music-wise, Carly plays bass guitar, flute, and piano. She also dabbles in some other slightly more obscure instruments like the glockenspiel & theremin.
