Carrie is a New York City based actor and singer/songwriter. Born and raised in Upstate New York, in the snowy city of Syracuse, family sources say she was singing before she could talk. Carrie has been performing since before she can remember, starring in community and professional theatre at the young age of 10, and singing wherever she could find a microphone.

After Highschool, Carrie left Syracuse and attended NYU Tisch School of the Arts (CAP21). While at NYU, Carrie performed in many of the shows there and was a member (and president) of the internationally ranked a capella group N’Harmonics.

In the summer before Carrie’s senior year, Carrie was cast in the national tour of Mamma Mia! For the next year and a half, Carrie toured with this wonderful company throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico, gaining valuable experience and having more fun than she could possibly describe. Carrie came back to New York to finish her degree, and shortly after was asked to join the Broadway company of Mamma Mia as Sophie.

A few weeks after her close on Broadway, Carrie was cast as the Elphaba Standby in the Second National Tour of Wicked. While on the road, she used her time to write music, drawing from her eye opening experiences traveling the country and her moments of missing home. Playing piano since a child, and knowing a few basic chords on guitar, Carrie taught herself how to play, and began writing music. Her first concerts of her original music were backstage at the theatre for the unbelievably supportive swings. Through their encouragement, and from her friends and family back home, Carrie came back to the city, and took New York by storm. She sold out Joe’s pub for her first concert of original tunes, and has since been playing all over the city. She has finally found her voice in all this and is ready to share it with the world.

Carrie has performed for sold out houses at Birdland, Googie’s Lounge, Rockwood, the Bitter End, the Triad, The Laurie Beachman, the Duplex, and Comix. Carrie spins the musical influences of Alicia Keys, Sara Bareilles, Jazon Mraz and Carole King into a unique style all her own, blending pop, soul and folk moving her audiences with purity and heart.

Carrie is currently in New York and has been working on many workshops and reading of new musicals such as as Bare: A pop opera, Chix6, and the Daughters, 35mm, and Jawbreaker. She is also playing shows throughout new york of her own music and is planning her upcoming album.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Copyright 2010 Carrie Manolakos