CYNTHIA CARLE is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, screenwriter, actor, director and choreographer.She's performed her own songs at LA clubs including Genghis Cohen, MBar, Molly Malone's, Room 5, Cabrini's, Hallenbeck's, Fanatic Salon and in New York at the Downstairs Theater Bar at the West. She's been a frequent musical contributor to Comedy Central Stage's Sit n Spin and I Love a Good Story. She and co-writer/co-composer/co-director Mark Nutter received rave reviews for their musical Christmas Smackdown in its 2010 production at iO in Chicago. Carle & Nutter have also performed Christmas Smackdown themselves, for several years, at Hallenbeck's in LA. Recently, Cynthia choreographed, and played Dr. Harrod and a cookie-throwing zombie Brownie in, the Stuart Gordon-Mark Nutter hit Re-Animator the Musical at the Steve Allen Theater in LA, where it received five Ovation Award nominations. Screenwriting adventures include co-writing the Touchstone film The Sixth Man with husband Christopher Reed, and being named a Humanitas Award finalist for Disney's You Wish. She’s acted on Broadway and off-Broadway, been drawn by Al Hirschfeld in the New York Times with a Nina in her hair, whooshed around in long dresses with corsets and accents at leading regional theaters including the Guthrie and Actors Theatre of Louisville, and played a socio-economically challenged trailer-dwelling flower of Texas in Louis Malle’s film Alamo Bay. As choral geek, she's sung in the chorus of Beethoven's Ninth all over the place including Disney Hall under Zubin Mehta and at the Hollywood Bowl in Gustavo Dudamel's inaugural. Two CDs of her original stuff, 15 Songs and Live and Unmedicated, are available at www.cdbaby.com. Upcoming:  a new album called Songs for Nonbelievers.