Carla is a performer, producer, writer, arts manager and cultural consultant, with 40 years of theatre experience on and off stage in Barbados, the Caribbean, and in major cities around the world. A former cast member with Stage One Theatre Productions, “Pampalam” and “Laff-it-Off”, and well known in the local TV mini-series on HIV/AIDS Awareness “Secrets”, she is a founding member and Director of SAYGE Theatre Productions and Hunterspring Events Management. Carla has written her first two plays “It’s up to Me” on HIV/AIDS Awareness and “When Men Cry” on Domestic Abuse, and has co-written and co-produced a play on issues of identity called “Deadly Beautiful”.
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Celebrity Guest Reader, St. Lawrence Primary School Literacy Week Story Competition more..2012
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Judge for Crop Over Masquerade Junior Kadooment and Grand Kadooment more..2019
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Chief Judge for Drama/Speech for the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts more..2008-2011
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Member of Audition Team/Advisor: TIGER EYE (Theatre in Education) Acting Skills for Intermediates more..2015
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Director: "Changing of the Guard: Salute to Sir Roy Trotman" - Barbados Workers Union one-act play in Tribute to the work of Sir Leroy Trotman more..2014
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Judge for Drama/Speech for the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts more..2016-2017; 2012-2019
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Parent Member of the Parent Teachers' Association - St. Gabriel's School more..2015-2017
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Celebrity Dancer, "Dancing under the Stars" - Dance your way to Better Health more..2012
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[Education and Training]
Masters of Arts (Arts Management) more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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Author Fellowship Programme more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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Bachelor of Science (Accounting) more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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MPhil (Cultural Studies) more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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Chair of Communications and Social Media, International Federation of Theatre Researchers more..Contribution of > Membership
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Board Member of the National Cultural Foundation (2003-2004) more..Contribution of > Membership
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Member of the African Theatre Association (AFTA) more..Contribution of > Membership
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Member of the Planning Committee more..Contribution of > Membership
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Member of the Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) more..Contribution of > Membership
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Board Member of the Stage One Theatre Productions more..Contribution of > Membership
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Member of the Services and the Creative Economy Committee (SCEC) more..Contribution of > Membership
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Member of the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) more..Contribution of > Membership
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Member of the Programme Advisory Committee more..Contribution of > Membership
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[Other Activity]
Stage Actress:( 1998-2010) Laff-It-Off more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (2006) Opening Night more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (2001) The Confession more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (2019) Deadly Beautiful (Staged Reading Performances - EBCCI) more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (2022) The Man in the Grey Hat (VOICES Book Lunch - FCCPA) more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (2008) Going for Love (SAYGE Theatre, Toronto, Canada) more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (1993-1996) Pampalam more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (1992) Joe Turner's Come and Gone more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (2014) Girl on Fire (Lighthouse Theatre) more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (2007) Going for Love (SAYGE Theatre, Barbados) more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (2006) Praise Song for Irving - CARIFESTA IX (Trinidad) more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (2008) Going for Love - CARIFESTA X (Guyana) more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (2006 & 2007) National Folk Concert (National Cultural Foundation) more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (2001) All Female Comedy Festival (Laff-it-Off Productions, Trinidad) more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (1993) Clifford & Company more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (1988-1992) Talk Tent more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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State Actress: (2017) When Men Cry - (Unzipped Theatrical Production - EBCCI) more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (2022) Mrs. Clarke's Brown House (Oistins Festival Storytelling Event) more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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Stage Actress: (1994) To Lead a Normal Life more..Contribution of > Other Activity
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