Actor & Stiltwalker
Carey Parsons
ABOUT
ME!
I currently work and live in Tampa, FL where I have been since December, 2016. Before that, I was in Kentucky where I was born and raised. In Florida, I perform on stilts at Busch Gardens most weekends. During the week you can find me volunteering at the Tampa Art Museum, collaging, caring for a teenager with autism, or looking for good deals at yard sales.
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Back in Northern Kentucky, I was last seen in Mockingbird as Caitlin, a 12 year old with autism whose older brother just died (it was a really light piece). David Lyman of the Cincinnati Enquirer said that my performance in this was, “sweet, inspiring, and heart-wrenching.” Other credits of mine include Now What with Lab Theatre in which I played Janet. This was a really exciting process because the playwright gave the actors a couple of pages of dialogue and wrote the rest of the piece based on several sessions of our improvisations.
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Besides my current work at Busch Gardens, I have also worked as “Fortune Teller” at the theme park, Cedar Point. I read peoples aura cards and answered questions about their futures. It was the best! I told a lot of couples that they would get married and be together forever. I wonder how they're doing now...
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I graduated from Northern Kentucky University in 2013 with a BFA in acting. I studied with Mark Hardy (acting, Alexander technique, Linklater technique, and how to walk in heels), Jamey Strawn (musical theatre), Lisa Ericksen (voice lessons), Ken Jones (improv), Mike King (acting, Stanislavski, theatre history, and dialects), Sandra Foreman (voice for the actor), Daryl Harris (art for social change), and John Baca (stage combat). I have also studied puppetry with the MadCap Puppet Workshop, and stilt walking (drywall stilts) with Robert Carroll.
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Check back soon to see my blog about my current projects! If you wish to get in contact with me, feel free to leave me a message in the box at the bottom of the page!
I am an actress, singer, and stilt walker living and working in Tampa, Florida.