Carol M. Becker (she/her)
Director, Dramaturg, Performer, Composer, Writer, Reviewer
Carol M. Becker is a Director/Dramaturg/Performer currently living in Los Angeles. She is the current Artistic Director of NEO Ensemble Theatre (https://www.neoensembletheatre.org/about/).
Partial list of Regional Directing credits: Elegies (HFF 2026), I’ll Be With You Shortly, Sister from Another Planet (HFF 2023), Dismissed (HFF 2022), Boy Crazy Psycho Slut (HFF 2023 & 2021), Basement Folly, The Christmas Spirit, I Love You Because, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Violet, Beau Jest, A Murder is Announced, For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls, and What Have We Learned (Beyond the Horizon). Assistant Directing credits include: Mrs. Warren’s Profession (A Noise Within), Beauty and the Beast (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Procreation, A Man’s a Man, and The Chicago Conspiracy Trial (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble).
As a Dramaturg, she has extensive experience working on new play development with many local playwrights including: Dan Perry, Consuelo Flores, Stephen Blackburn, Beth Polsky, Mona Deutsch Miller, and Matthew Kamm.
As a performer and improviser, Carol has performed in plays, musicals, stand-up comedy, and long-form improvisation. A lifelong theatre lover, Carol received her BFA in Acting from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She also has “half” of an MFA in Directing (long story). A big state-hopper, she has lived and trained in New York, Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles.
For theater company, Fierce Backbone, she was both Lead Producer and a Director for their past two Think & Imagine festivals at the Zephyr. Think & Imagine showcased original works of 24 playwrights and had 86 participants.
Presently, she is a member of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society (SDC) and Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA). Additionally, she was an appreciative participant of the 2016 Directors Lab West.
Her Larchmont Buzz reviews can be found here:
larchmontbuzz.com/author/carol-m-becker/
Proudly Jewish.
