Carrie Ellman-Larsen

Carrie Ellman-Larsen is a born and raised New Yorker. She studied drama and psychology at NYU where she received her BFA in Drama. She attended the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting for her conservatory training and is proud to be a classically trained actress. Carrie is now a theatre artist specializing in theatre for social change, literacy and curriculum connection through theatre and other art forms, forum theatre, process drama and theatre-in-education (TIE). Carrie recently received her MA in Applied Theatre from the CUNY School of Professional Studies. She has been a teaching artist and applied theatre practitioner for seven years, working for arts organizations such as LeAp, Marquis Studios, The Theater Development Fund, and The Museum of the City of New York, to name a few. She is very excited to add The Center For Arts Education to that list. She works in NYC public and charter schools using theater and other art forms for curriculum connection in literacy, social studies, and science. She has also used theater as a tool for conflict resolution in youth after school programs, for community building with immigrant and refugee youth and their families and to bridge the gap between youth and elder generations. Carrie is passionate about the way theater can be used to empower individuals and communities to rehearse and implement change in their lives and engage them to be pioneers in their own learning and growth. She hopes to continue this work both locally and globally, reaching underserved communities around the world by running her own arts organization one day.