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Elaine Carlson

Michelle Renee Thompson

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Elaine Carlson
Performs regularly at the Royal George Theatre in Chicago and on tour in three plays: Put the Nuns in Charge!, Sunday School Cinema, and Saints & Sinners (which she also helped to create). This past year, she was part of the ensemble cast of the independent film, Hannah Free. She has also appeared in The Rimers of Eldritch, Pygmalion, and Dimly Perceived Threats to the System. She has been honored with three Joseph Jefferson Citations as both an actress in a leading role and also as an ensemble member in Famous Door’s Salt of the Earth, and again as an ensemble member in Pegasus Players’ Noises Off. You may have heard her voice on corporate voice-mail services or narrating industrial films about aromatherapy, waste management or nail fungus
Michelle Renee Thompson
Grew up in Columbus, Ohio in a very Catholic community where two things were important: Mass and Ohio State Football. She performs the role of Mother Superior in Sunday School Cinema and in Mother Superior's Ho-Ho-Holy Night. Michelle has lived and performed in Chicago for many years, working with a variety of companies, including Chicago Actors Ensemble, Touchstone Theatre and Bailiwick Repertory. She is a founding member of Corn Productions, where she has performed in, directed, choreographed and written several plays. She also performs stand up comedy and has appeared in the independent film, “Never”. Michelle has a BFA in Theatre with a Dance Minor, from Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio. She has also studied at The Second City Conservatory, in Chicago