Additionally, Carin served as Department Chair of both Art and Theatre at North Central
College in Naperville, Illinois for 7 years, and served as a faculty member at this
institution for a total of 17 years, tackling the roles of Head of Acting, Theatre
Program Coordinator, Title IX Investigator, and Lead Trainer for Green Dot - a bystander
training technique that eradicates power-based personal violence.
Their teaching has been focused in two departments: Theatre and Gender and Sexuality
Studies. Their favorite courses to teach are: Acting on Camera, Realism & Naturalism,
Acting Across Cultures (Study Abroad), and Sex, Gender & Sexuality.
Carin spent 20+ years as a working actor from Chicago, with many of those years represented
by the wonderful folks at Gray Talent Group. They are a proud member of AEA and SAG/AFTRA.
Carin’s notable TV/Film credits include: Co-Star on EMPIRE (FOX), CHICAGO FIRE (NBC)
& THE RED LINE (CBS), Nurse in the SAG Feature UNEXPECTED (currently on Netflix),
and Joy in the award-winning short BEING HERE (winner - Best Supporting Performer,
Berkshire Short Film Fest). Notable theatre credits include: Mama in A SHAYNA MAIDEL
(TimeLine Theatre Co), Mother/Defense Attorney in MACHINAL and Me in I DO TODAY (Greenhouse
Theater Center), Chloe in LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART (Eclipse Theatre), Doctor Manor
in SONS OF THE PROPHET and Mama/Sherry/Vera u/s (American Theatre Company), Queen
Margaret in RICHARD III (Oak Park Festival Theatre), Dean Wreen in SEVEN HOMELESS
MAMMOTHS WANDER NEW ENGLAND (Theater Wit), and Izzy in RABBIT HOLE (u/s Goodman Theatre).
Some of their favorite directing credits include: LA BOHEME, LA TRAVIATA, and MADAMA
BUTTERFLY (Music By The Lake). They recently directed the world premiere of THROUGH
THE ELEVATED LINE at Silk Road Rising which was nominated for a 2018 Jeff Award for
Best New Work. At the college level - a few of their favorite’s include: THE LARAMIE
PROJECT, ENVOY, PHEDRE, THE FLICK, 4.48 PSYCHOSIS, and SPRING AWAKENING. Carin has
also appeared in numerous commercials and industrials, and they have lent their talents
to many voiceovers and print gigs.
Carin is a graduate of the School at Steppenwolf, and they received their M.F.A in
Acting from the Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University. They also enjoy scuba
diving and snorkeling, as well as camping and traveling with their wife and two children.
