Carson Elrod – Professional Actor and Arts Advocate: “In the empty field, we have an opportunity to build something new” (StageLync Podcast Ep.52)

Carson Elrod is a professional actor and arts advocate. In the past three decades, he originated roles on Broadway and has appeared on stages off-Broadway and regionally across the country. He’s appeared in such notable films as Wedding Crashers and Kissing Jessica Stein and on myriad of well known television shows like 30Rock and Law & Order.

In 2020, during the COVID lockdown, he co-founded the Be An #ArtsHero campaign that leveraged the power and platform of Arts Workers themselves to get the attention of Congress in order to stabilize the Creative Economy. Shortly after, he co-founded Arts Workers United, a membership based 501c4, that notably, within a year of founding, successfully lobbied the House of Representatives to hold a hearing called, The Power, Peril, and Promise of the Creative Economy. He testified at the hearing in 2022.

 

 

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Host: Anna Robb
Editor: Rose Anne Fermocil
Music: Jeremy Willi
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Anna Robb
Producer, Founder and CEO of StageLync -HONG KONG
Anna is the Executive Producer for Our Legacy Creations, a Global Live Entertainment Company and the CEO of StageLync.com. Originally from Australia, Anna's 23 year career in live entertainment has taken her around the world. Anna has created shows in the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and in many countries across Asia. Always behind the scenes, Anna has been involved in the execution of some of the largest show creations in the world, including “The Beatles: LOVE” by Cirque du Soleil, and “The House of Dancing Water” in Macau. Anna holds a (BA) Honours degree in Design for Theatre and Television.

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Anna Robb

Anna is the Executive Producer for Our Legacy Creations, a Global Live Entertainment Company and the CEO of StageLync.com. Originally from Australia, Anna's 23 year career in live entertainment has taken her around the world. Anna has created shows in the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and in many countries across Asia. Always behind the scenes, Anna has been involved in the execution of some of the largest show creations in the world, including “The Beatles: LOVE” by Cirque du Soleil, and “The House of Dancing Water” in Macau. Anna holds a (BA) Honours degree in Design for Theatre and Television.