Light Up the Room
Carla Kissane (she/hers) is an Australian-born, NYC-based actor, singer and audiobook narrator whose passion is solo performance of Shakespearean cabaret:shakespeareancabaret.com.
Recently performing as part ofRE/VENUENYC andAPAP, after returning fromEdinburgh Fringe- *NYSCA-award-winning solo show‘PETTY TYRANT’ is slated to perform next at the 'Oxford, Women & The Authorship Question' conference for theShakespeare Oxford Fellowship in September 2025.
Carla is a co-artistic director ofShakespeare Slayfest, which won aNY Shakespeareaward in 2024, and recently performed selections of 'Sonnets & The Self' at the inauguralSPEAK UP! Festival 2025 at theOld Stone House Museum, Brooklynin honor of Youth Pride.
Other solo shows include‘Unbecoming’ and ‘Whores & Weeping Women’. Carla played the title role in Euripides ‘Medea’ in NYC and notable Australian productions include Sondheim's ‘Saturday Night’ (Australian Premiere), six shows with theAustralian Shakespeare Company, and ‘Motherhood The Musical’(National Tour). AEA / SAG-AFTRA.https://www.carlakissane.com
