Nora Carroll is a Chicago-based theater artist, educator, and changemaker who believes in the transformative power of storytelling. She is currently the Director of Lifelong Learning and Education at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. In this role, Nora is responsible for leading and advancing arts education programming and creating initiatives for learners of all ages. Prior to Chicago Shakespeare, Nora was the Artist-in-Residence at Carthage College in Kenosha. While at Carthage, Nora taught theater courses, directed a mainstage production, and developed programming to support marginalized students. Nora’s passion for language and heightened texts expands well beyond Shakespeare into the works of BIPOC playwrights, poets, and orators. Prior to her work at Carthage College, Nora’s work as Community Actors Program Lead at the University of Chicago, Arts + Public Life, centered high school students on the South Side.
Nora’s work as an arts educator is supported by her strong foundation as a theater artist. Nora has had the pleasure of performing and storytelling in a variety of spaces, including The Goodman Theatre, Definition Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The Old Globe, The Public Theatre, Centinela Prison in San Diego, Metropolitan Detention Center in New York, and Armory Women’s Shelter in Manhattan. Nora’s play LOT 110 was featured in the Future Labs reading series at The Goodman Theatre and the Amplify series at Definition Theatre. LOT 110 is an ongoing exploration of grief and intimacy between sisters.
Nora received her MFA in Classical Drama from the University of San Diego/Old Globe and her BFA in Drama, minoring in Africana Studies, from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Nora is invested in curating spaces that celebrate intersectionality, culture, and empathy, with theater as the vehicle.
AEA, SAG
Nora’s work as an arts educator is supported by her strong foundation as a theater artist. Nora has had the pleasure of performing and storytelling in a variety of spaces, including The Goodman Theatre, Definition Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The Old Globe, The Public Theatre, Centinela Prison in San Diego, Metropolitan Detention Center in New York, and Armory Women’s Shelter in Manhattan. Nora’s play LOT 110 was featured in the Future Labs reading series at The Goodman Theatre and the Amplify series at Definition Theatre. LOT 110 is an ongoing exploration of grief and intimacy between sisters.
Nora received her MFA in Classical Drama from the University of San Diego/Old Globe and her BFA in Drama, minoring in Africana Studies, from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Nora is invested in curating spaces that celebrate intersectionality, culture, and empathy, with theater as the vehicle.
AEA, SAG
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