Sharon Carlson

Sharon Carlson is an adjunct professor of voice at both Roosevelt University and Columbia College Chicago. She has also been a spokesperson for WTTW for eleven years. A member of Actor’s Equity Association, she has appeared in scores of theatrical productions.

Her most recent theatre credit includes Ravinia Music Theatre’s 2004 production of Sunday In The Park with George featuring Patti Lupone, Audra McDonald and Michael Ceveris. Her New York credits include Comedy of Errors (Geva); Celestina (Producers Club); and Hot Flashes On The Road to Spandex (The Duplex). She has appeared in numerous Chicago productions. Some favorite regional roles include Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd (Human Race); Mama Rose, Gypsy; Frau Schneider, Cabaret (Skylight Opera); Ruth, The Pirates of Penzance (Lyric Opera Cleveland); Madame Arcati, Blithe Spirit (American Theatre Center), Kate, All My Sons (Peninsula Players); Grandma Kurnitz, Lost In Yonkers (Royal George). Other credits include A...My Name is Alice (Ivanhoe Theatre); The Sound of Music (Drury Lane Oak Brook); Once In A Lifetime (Court Theatre); Summer Stock Murder (Theatre Building).

Ms. Carlson was Disney’s TV Talent Director for Out Of the Box for three years, as well as being an on-camera talent. Sharon has appeared in numerous TV and radio commercials, and has been honored with both a Jeff Citation and an Artisan Award. This classically trained singer writes and performs her Opera Satire productions nationally in concert and cabaret, teasing such operatic belles as La Triviata, Madama Butterball and Carmencita.