Carla Stillwell

Carla Stillwell is a native of Chicago, working for three decades as an actor and director, and as the Artistic Director at MPAACT Theatre in Chicago.  She is also an award winning playwright and director. Ms. Stillwell is a teaching artist for MPAACT, Storycatchers Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre and a creative writing workshop host at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and Columbia College in Chicago.  She is a contributor to HowlRound writing two popular articles, “What do we tell our young Playwrights who are Black” and “Diversity: It’s a Noun” and host of her own podcast, “High Tea with Carla Stillwell”.

Role with GPTC: PlayFest Director