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An LA transplant, Carla stumbled upon pan-Asian performance collective Peeling at the Asian American Writers Workshop and wrote and performed with them for three years, which she still considers her first theater training.
Her full-length plays include TBA, Dirty, Found Objects, Big Blind/Little Blind and The Sugar House at the Edge of the Wilderness. Short plays include “Next Big Thing,” “The Further Adventures of Little Goth Girl,” “Dissipating Heat”and “Closing Up Shop.” Her pieces have been produced or workshopped by Ma-Yi Theatre Company, The Women’s Project, 2g, Desipina & Company and Vampire Cowboys among others.
She’s an alumna of The Women’s Project Lab 2008-2010 and a current member of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab and the 2010 Lark Playwright’s Workshop. Recipient of a 2008 Urban Artists Initiative fellowship and a 2009-2010 Teachers and Writers Collaborative Fellowship. She’s received a 2010 EST/Sloan Commission from Ensemble Studio Theatre to write a play on game theory. BA, Vassar College. MFA, Actors Studio Drama School. Artistic Director of 2g.
