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July 2020- Coming Soon!

When Red arrives at Grandma's house, she finds that sometimes the wolf lives amongst your family. A modern adaptation of Little Red Ridinghood surrounding women, baking, and the recipes we inherit for life.

June 2020- Podcast performances!

I had the great joy of performing in three original podcast musicals this spring. Check out excerpts below from Emma and The West by Clare Bierman & Joshua Vranas, Flippy’s World Tour by Kerry Kazmierowicztrimm & William Karras, and Death & Taxes by Brooke Trumm & Clare Bierman.

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“Today/Tomorrow,” a short song by Carrie & Elyse Douglas, has been admitted into the Hickory Playground Quarantine Diaries as their 50th entry! Take a listen to the song here.

February 2020- Cabaret Feature!

“Look at Me”, featuring lyrics by Carrie and music by composer Eliza Randall, has been selected for the upcoming Gallatin Theatre Troupe Cabaret Uncharted on May 1st & 2nd. Learn more about the event here!

January 2020-

Carrie is now a proud member of the Dramatists Guild!

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December 2019-

“Time’s Up” with lyrics by Carrie and music by composer Martin Gold, has been featured twice at the Under the Arch Incubator’s cabaret SHOWCASE, which featureD members of the national tour castS of The Band’s Visit and Wicked. Listen to the song here or watch the performance here!

December 2019- GMTWP HOLIDAY Cabaret!

Check out THE VIDEOS FOR 3 new songs from first semester:

Look at Me

Movies I’ll Never Be

Heed the Herd

SEPTEMBER 2019- GRAD SCHOOL BEGINS!

May 2019- New BAM Commission!

Carrie, alongside composers Maxwell Beer and Alexander Rothfield, has been commissioned to create a new musical for BAM Children’s Theatre in chicago! Superheroes will premiere in August.

March 2019- GRAD SCHOOL UPDATE!

Carrie will officially earn her MFA from NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program Cycle 30 in 2021!

January 2019-Atlantic Recording

Carrie was featured on the original cast recording of Atlantic: A Scottish Story, a new musical by Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie

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October 2018- Daily Northwestern Feature

Carrie was profiled in the October 14th issue of the Daily Northwestern!

August 2018- Graduate School Announcement!

Carrie accepted a place in New York University’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program beginning in 2019, where she will earn her Masters of Fine Arts.

June 2018- Graduation

Carrie graduated cum laude with a double major in Theatre and Sociology and a Certificate in Musical Theatre.

July 2018- Time’s Up

Carrie was commissioned to write a piece celebrating the Me Too movement for the 2018 New York Musical Theatre Festival’s Student Leadership Project. Take a listen!

June 2018- Senior Showcase

Carrie performed in Northwestern’s 2018 Chicago Musical Theatre Showcase. You can watch her performance below!

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May 2018- Manhattan Miracle

Carrie performed in and wrote for the 87th Annual Waa-Mu Show: Manhattan Miracle! The Waa-Mu Show is the largest student written musical in the country, and Carrie worked on it all 4 years at Northwestern. The original show followed the creation of the very first American musical, The Black Crook!

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17 Conversations with the Class of ‘18

Carrie was featured in the June 2018 edition of North by Northwestern magazine.

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February 2018- Marie in Tomorrowland and Picture Perfect

Carrie participated in two new AMTP new musical readings: Marie in Tomorrowland, written by the Larson Grant recipients Erato A. Kremmyda (music), Maggie-Kate Coleman (book & lyrics), directed by Sam Pinkleton AND Picture Perfect written by Chip Klose and Ben Roseberry, directed by Scott Evans!

January 2018- Ragtime 

Carrie recently appeared as Emma Goldman in Ragtime, the 76th Annual Dolphin Show, the largest student produced musical in the country and a true Northwestern tradition!