Carla Zilbersmith, who vows to exit the stage with a smile on her beautiful face
For more than fifteen years, Carla Zilbersmith wrote and presented an amazing array of musical and theatrical scores, scripts, one-woman plays, and songs. Carla and her band the SubUrbans were Lilith Fair finalists, she was the founding member of We’re Redheads, a women’s sketch comedy troupe, and Lighten Up John, a musical improv group, as well as serving as the Artistic Director of the College of Marin Drama Department before ALS rendered her unable to perform, sing, or teach.
Carla’s one-woman musical, Wedding Singer Blues, received rave notices up and down the west coast, including a Best of the Bay award. The Los Angeles Times compared her favorably to Lily Tomlin.
Carla has written numerous plays and solo pieces, including: A Motherhood, which debuted at The Luggage Store Excess Baggage Festival; Car Sex, developed with Charlie Varon and performed at The Marsh, and License to Drive , also developed with Charlie Varon, chronicling her 15-year journey to learn how to drive. Carla’s off-Broadway production Notes won her the Washington Square Players Young Playwright’s Award and was produced at the Intar Theater in Manhattan.
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