Carla has been performing professionally for over 15 years as both a singer and actress in Canada, Boston, New York, and presently in Los Angeles and San Francisco, where she has performed at The Coronet Theater, The Hayworth Theater, Steinway Recital Hall, Gardenia Lounge, Anna’s Jazz Island, Yoshi’s, Slims, Mr. E.’s, The Marsh, Venue 9, Theater Artaud, Berkeley Repertory Theater, Don’t Tell Mama, The Strand, Prism and elsewhere.

Carla has performed in diverse settings ranging from the Boston Symphony Orchestra to solo performance to folk/rock bands to sketch comedy. She is the founding member of We’re Redheads, a women’s sketch comedy troupe, Lighten Up John, a musical improv group and was the Artistic Director of the College of Marin Drama Department for many years. Carla is the vocalist for The SubUrbans and was one of the year 2000 Lilith Fair finalists. The band's CD is entitled Paradise . Lee Hildebrand of the East Bay Express calls Carla “a superb singer.” Carla’s new CD “Extraordinary Renditions” will be released January 2008.

Carla’s one-woman musical, Wedding Singer Blues has received rave notices up and down the west coast, including a Best of the Bay award(under Best Solo Flights). The LA Times compared her favorably to Lily Tomlin.

Carla has written several plays and solo pieces: 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, a piece chronicling her 15-year journey to learn how to drive. License to Drive was a regular feature in The Marsh’s Saturday night series Night Schtick . 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. She is currently writing a new solo piece as well as performing with We’re Redheads, a sketch comedy duo with Gina Ottobini-Stahl. She has a lot of websites:

For more on Carla, visit www.carlazilbersmith.com or www.weddingsingerblues.com or www.myspace.com/weddingsingerbluesshow or www.twofunnyredheads.com

Booking information

Jeannine Frank
Frank Entertainment
Phone: (310) 476-6735
jeannine@frankentertainment.com