CAROLYN HARTVIGSEN | Researcher/Writer/Producer/Director/Actress | London, UK

An American researcher, writer, producer, director, and quirky actress with exceptional comedic timing.

10+ years of professional acting in the US led me to London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) for a Masters in Classical Acting.

Upon graduation in 2021, I became a founding member of the award nominated theatre company Other Mysteries touring our premiere murder mystery farce, The Midnight Snack, throughout London. Our next play, The Graveyard Snack will be premiering in our signature podcast format this summer before arriving at The Camden Fringe Festival the 22nd, 23rd, 24th of August 2024.

Individually, I research, write, and produce solo theatrical work linking the past to the present. The first such work, My Dead, utilizes journal entries, autobiographies, and letters to ask the question “Do you know your dead?” While working on restructures of My Dead for an eventual French translation, I have begun development of a new play, Cracked Foundations, that will delve further into the world of family history and the dilemmas a family faces upon discovering cherished multi-generational family stories are not as true as they believed.

In March 2024, the first 10 minutes of my new two-hander romantic comedy, Old Friends, was performed at The Questors Theatre as part of the Same Day Plays Event and is now in development for a full length production later in 2024.