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Carla Nell |
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Carla Nell is an American director and actress.
Personal life
[edit]Nell graduated from San Diego State University in the early 2000s.[1]
In 2019, Nell spoke at a monthly So Say We All event.[2]
Career
[edit]Nell co-founded InnerMission Productions with Kym Pappas.[1]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Trial by Fire: SDSU Design: The Making of a Theatre Professional/Performance Jury | Herself | [3] |
| 2018 | Isabel | Sybil | Short film, also producer |
| 2021 | We All Die Alone | Patsy | Also executive producer[4] |
| 2023 | The Buck Stop | Directed by Jordan Jacobo |
Stage credits
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Fat Pig | Helen | OnStage Playhouse, Chula Vista, California | [5] |
| 2013 | Terminator 4 | Tammy | Big Kitchen Cafe, San Diego, California | by Jonathan Hammond, Coffee Shop Chronicles, co-directed with Kym Pappas[6][7] |
| 2014 | Longview, TX | Blanche Duvet | Ocean Beach Playhouse, Ocean Beach, San Diego | |
| 2017 | Gidion's Knot | Heather Clark | Diversionary Theater, University Heights, San Diego | [8][9][10] |
| Year | Title | Director | Sound designer | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Vagina Monologues | yes | no | San Diego State University | Director[1] | |
| 2006 | All in the Timing | Co-director | no | New World Stage, San Diego, California | Co-directed with Claudio Raygoza[11] |
| Dancing at Lughnasa | yes | no | OnStage Playhouse, Chula Vista, California | Director[12] | |
| 2007 | How I Learned to Drive | n/a | n/a | OnStage Playhouse, Chula Vista, California | [13] |
| 2008 | The Vagina Monologues | n/a | n/a | OnStage Playhouse, Chula Vista, California | [14] |
| 2013 | Lock and Key | yes | no | Big Kitchen Cafe, San Diego, California | Coffee Shop Chronicles, co-directed with Kym Pappas[7] |
| Who-Ha | |||||
| Booth Watching | |||||
| Witch Cafe | |||||
| Message Send Failure | |||||
| Between Heaven and Hell | |||||
| 2015 | Precious Little | yes | no | Diversionary Theater, University Heights, San Diego | Director, by Madeleine George[15] |
| Big Kitchen: A Counter Culture Musical | yes | no | Spreckels Theatre, San Diego, California | Director[16] | |
| 2016 | Seven Spots on the Sun | yes | no | Diversionary Theater, University Heights, San Diego | Director, featuring Jennifer Paredes[17][18][19][20][21] |
| Seminar | no | yes | Diversionary Theater, University Heights, San Diego | Sound designer[22] | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | yes | no | Diversionary Theater, University Heights, San Diego | Director[23][24][25][26][27] | |
| 2017 | Ordinary Days | n/a | n/a | Diversionary Theater, University Heights, San Diego | [28] |
| 2018 | Melancholy Play | yes | yes | Diversionary Theater, University Heights, San Diego | Director and sound designer[29][30][31][32][33] |
| 2024 | Tiny Beautiful Things | no | yes | Scripps Ranch Theatre, Alliant International University | Sound designer[34] |
| BRAT | yes | Light Box Theater, Liberty Station, San Diego | Director, featuring Samantha Ginn and Patrick Mayuyu[35] |
Accolades
[edit]| Festival | Year | Award | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival | 2022 | Best Narrative Short – Audience Choice Award | We All Die Alone | yes | |
| Burbank International Film Festival | Best LGBTQ Short Film | yes | |||
| Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival | Best Ensemble Cast | yes | |||
| Oceanside International Film Festival | Best Supporting Actress | nom |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Hebert, James (2015-11-25). "In theater, women fight to get voices heard". San Diego Union-Tribune. ProQuest 1736162358. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ↑ Wilkens, John (2019-04-07). "San Diego storytellers share their darkest secrets: 'You hear stuff that you think you have no business hearing'". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ↑ Bollinger, Rick; Launer, Pat (2004). "Box 05, Folder 15: "Trial by Fire: SDSU Design: The Making of a Theatre Professional/Performance Jury," 2004". San Diego State University. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
- ↑ Ng, Alan (2021-12-17). "WE ALL DIE ALONE". Film Threat. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ↑ Smith, Jeff (2008-09-17). "You Are What You Look Like". San Diego Reader. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ↑ Smith, Jeff (2013-04-28). "The Coffee Shop Chronicles at New Play Cafe". San Diego Reader. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- 1 2 Hebert, James (2013-03-28). "A show with your joe". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ↑ Kragen, Pam (2017-05-27). "InnerMission's 'Gidion's Knot' a dark battle over blame". San Diego Union-Tribune. ProQuest 1902726466. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ↑ Launer, Pat (2017-06-02). "Untying an Emotional 'Gidion's Knot' at InnerMission Productions". Times of San Diego. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ Lowerison, Jean (2017-05-30). "Theater Review: "Gidion's Knot"". San Diego Gay and Lesbian News. Archived from the original on 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ "All in the Timing". The Los Angeles Times. 2006-07-20. p. 109. Retrieved 2026-01-04 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Performing Arts Calendar". The Star-News. 2006-02-24. p. 14. Retrieved 2026-01-04 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "The Star News OnStage Playhouse". The Star-News. 2007-09-07. p. 15. Retrieved 2026-01-04 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "OnStage to host V-Day benefit productions". The Star-News. 2008-02-15. p. 11. Retrieved 2026-01-04 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Kragen, Pam (2015-11-06). "Review: Words fly, land in 'Precious Little'". San Diego Union-Tribune. ProQuest 1731143058. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ↑ Smith, Jeff (2015-07-28). "San Diego Fringe: Big Kitchen: A Counter Culture Musical". San Diego Reader. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ↑ Hebert, James (2016-11-30). "Quick tip: InnerMission's new season rises with 'Sun'". San Diego Union-Tribune. ProQuest 1844723210. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ↑ Kragen, Pam (2016-12-04). "InnerMission's 'Seven Spots' a dark, mystical fable". San Diego Union-Tribune. ProQuest 1845549927. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ↑ Westlin, Martin Jones. "Innermission's Fine 'Seven Spots' Holds the World Between the Lines". San Diego Story. Archived from the original on 2024-09-08. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ Launer, Pat (2016-12-02). "War Is Hell: InnerMission Does Battle with 'Seven Spots on The Sun'". Times of San Diego. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ Coddon, David L. (2016-12-06). "InnerMission's 'Seven Spots on the Sun' brings the heat". San Diego CityBeat. Archived from the original on 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ Hebert, James (2016-03-11). "'Seminar' crackles with verbal volleys". San Diego Union-Tribune. ProQuest 1772398052. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ↑ Westlin, Martin Jones (2016-08-14). "Fair 'Shrew': Can't Blame Innermission, Nell for Trying". San Diego Story. Archived from the original on 2024-07-23. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ Reimer, Jon (2016-08-21). "At first gentlemanly". San Diego Reader. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ Accomando, Beth (2016-08-19). "Shakespeare's 'Taming Of The Shrew' Reimagined In The Era Of 'Mad Men'". KPBS Public Media. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ Lowerison, Jean (2016-08-15). "Theater Review: "The Taming Of The Shrew"". San Diego Gay and Lesbian News. Archived from the original on 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ Launer, Pat (2016-08-23). "Small Theater, Big Undertaking in InnerMission's 'Taming of The Shrew'". Times of San Diego. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ Coddon, David L. (2017-07-29). "InnerMission's 'Days' finds magic in the ordinary". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ Dixon, David (2018-11-19). "Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Reviews: San Diego - "Melancholy Play"". Talkin'Broadway. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ Westlin, Martin Jones (2018-11-15). "InnerMission's Great 'Melancholy Play' Unearths a Vital Emotional Truth – San Diego Story". San Diego Story. Archived from the original on 2024-10-11. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
- ↑ Hebert, James (2018-11-12). "Sarah Ruhl's 'Melancholy Play' casts the blues in eccentric hues at InnerMission". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ Smith, Jeff (2018-11-21). "Pessimistic, paralyzed, and sexy". San Diego Reader. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ Lowerison, Jean (2018-11-16). "An alluring melancholy". San Diego Uptown News. Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ Kragen, Pam (2024-11-30). "Review: Scripps Ranch Theatre's 'Tiny Beautiful Things' is funny and heartbreaking". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ↑ "'BRAT,' Play Inspired by Military Children, Starts Free Local Tour at Liberty Station". Times of San Diego. 2024-04-12. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
External links
[edit]- Carla Nell at IMDb