Charles Carr
Charles Carr is a nationally published author and playwright (Macmillan, St. Martin's Press, Bedford, Heartland, Eldridge). His articles and stories have won more than a dozen first place Press Club awards and appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Union-Tribune, The Orange County Register, The Reader, San Diego Magazine, The Californian, and many other publications. Carr is author of What a World, a collection of vignettes chronicling twenty years in the Southern California back country.
Carr is also a noted television producer/director with documentaries currently airing and/or in production on Cox Cable and elsewhere.
Carr's background in the world of journalism has created an excellent basis for penning scripts and stage plays, most of which have a classical literature, historical, or true crime footing. His shows have been produced at prestigious venues across the nation and attended by thousands. Works include All the Time in the World; Mark Twain's A Christmas Carol; Old Dogs, Dirty Tricks; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Angels; Hope Springs, Eternal; Mr. Scrooge & Mr. Dickens; Passage Into Fear; and The Dangerous Christmas.
Carr's Hope Springs, Eternal was performed Dec. 2024 at the California Center for the Arts.
A decade ago, Charles, his wife Marsi Carr, and others looking for ways to help organizations struggling in difficult economic times founded Art Animates Life, a CA incorporated, federally tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Art Animates Life along with its award-winning theatrical company, North County Players, have raised tens-of-thousands of dollars for San Diego area charities including a disaster relief agency, arts nonprofits, a municipal art gallery, veterans' relief funds, a community outreach center, a historical society, several struggling community theaters, and others. Thousands have attended North County Players events and productions.
Art Animates Life's first full-length feature film, Old Dogs, Dirty Tricks, written and directed by Carr, is currently in the film festival circuit. Watch the trailer.
A professional musician for more than 20 years, Carr's playing and arranging have been featured on many recordings. He has taken top honors in San Diego Songwriter's Guild competitions for his original musical compositions "Baby's First Words" and "The Twelve Months of Christmas."
Since its inception Carr produced the Fallbrook International Film Festival's red carpet event and recently moderated the San Diego International Kids' Film Festival's scriptwriting panel discussion.
Charles enjoys speaking from time-to-time to schools and organizations about his eclectic life in the arts and volunteers at his hometown high school as a journalism teacher and student adviser.
Contact Charles at charcarr@gmail.com.
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