Originally from Kentucky, Carla has since collected leases and lived experiences from Ft. Lauderdale, Chicago, and Portland (OR). She currently resides in Los Angeles — which she loves! LA is full of friendly and fun people — nothing like “Entourage” told her it would be when she was young and impressionable.

Carla wrote episodes for television shows on PBS Kids, DreamworksTV and Nickelodeon Network. She was a Semi-Finalist for NBC’s Writers on the Verge. She’s repped by Maddy Weese at Bellevue Productions.

Carla writes girly poison. She’s fascinated by the darker side of the female bond and explores those tricky and (sometimes) sickly dynamics in her written work.

Switching voice for a lighter tone…

I’m also a comedic improviser! I currently tour the world teaching and performing improvisation with my two-person show, “Orange Tuxedo”. I taught improv and sketch comedy at The Second City LA for over a decade and performed on mainstage improv teams at both UCB and iO West. I toured on a cruise ship with The Second City, traveling to Europe, Alaska, Bermuda, South America, the Bahamas… other places I can’t remember because years on a cruise turns your brain into a margarita. I currently teach improv at WGIS in Hollywood and regularly perform there, as well as at Outside In Theatre in Highland Park.

Switching again for professionality…

Carla is currently a member of Write Act Rep in NoHo as both a playwright and director. She’s a former member and founding artist of The Solo Collective produced by Paul Stein (AD Comedy Central Stage) with other artists including Drew Droege (“Bright Colors and Bold Patterns”) and Brendan Hunt (“Ted Lasso”). Carla wrote and performed five solo shows in Los Angeles over five consecutive years. It was lonely. But rewarding. Some excerpts of her solo plays and monologues have been published in a series of comedic anthologies by Samuel French. 

Bringing it home…

I’m a podcaster! A creator AND consumer (please send true crime recs). I’m currently the co-host of “The Bravo Bubble”, a comedy podcast where my Bravo obsessed friend Robyn teaches Bravo novice (me!) the ways of the Housewives world. I also wrote, produced, and starred in the true crime/soap opera smash-up parody “Episodical: The Search for Bebe Kimball”. It’s wildly weird and has excellent reviews on Apple Podcasts (for sure some of those are just my friends and favorite aunt). I was a frequent guest star on Paul F. Tompkins’ improv podcast, “Spontaneanation” and was a guest improviser on the Amy Poehler produced “The Chris Chatman Do-Over” starring Ike Barinholtz. Last but not least, I’ve written episodes of “The Thrilling Adventure Hour” old-time radio podcast, created by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker (“Supernatural” and “The Writers Panel Podcast”). Links for all of the above are on my PODCASTS page.

Final thought and words to live by…

“The nice thing is to make an audience laugh and laugh and laugh and shudder later.” —Elaine May