Carolyn German

Carolyn German has been a theater professional for over 35 years, having worked as performer, director, producer, playwright, composer, improvisation artist, teaching artist, and corporate trainer. Since 2000 she has been the Producing Artistic Director of Theater Craft Inc which specializes in small-cast productions and new work. Her award-winning work as a theater-maker boasts numerous projects across a variety of genres, as evidenced by this year's eclectic projects: Carolyn's experiential play "Box O' Theater" was selected for performance at OZ Arts' MusicCircus, she wrote and directed "The Curious Picnic" a play that will tour into schools this fall, and has written the screenplay for a evocative drama about Ethel Rosenberg. Carolyn is a faculty member at the Nashville Jazz Workshop, where she created and teaches a series of classes for cabaret artists, including Cabaret Toolkit, Cabaret Repertoire, and Improv Comedy for the Musical Artist. In 1998 Carolyn founded Spontaneous Comedy Company, Nashville's longest-running improv comedy group, performing in a variety of venues, included several times a year at their home-base, the Nashville Jazz Workshop. For seven years Carolyn was the Supervisor of Theater and Music for Metro Nashville Parks Cultural Arts, cultivating arts programming for Nashville's broad demographic. Her work included custom-crafting content to maximize success for older adults, and working with Parks' Disabilities Program to create a performance program for adults with disabilities. She also managed the Z.Alexander Looby Theater, and created the Centennial Black Box Theater.