North County Players
part of Art Animates Life

— President's Page —

Charles Carr is a multiple award-winning, nationally published author (Macmillan/St. Martin's Press/Eldridge/Heartland).

Carr is also a noted television producer/director with documentaries currently airing and/or in production on Cox Cable and elsewhere.

Charles has written thousands of newspaper articles, magazine stories, and columns for the San Diego Union Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The Orange County Register, The Reader, The Californian, and many more. 

Carr has received many writing accolades including recent back-to-back San Diego Press Club awards. Many of his stories, articles, and essays appear in college textbooks published by Macmillan; St. Martin's Press; Bedford, Freeman & Worth; and associated imprints.

Carr's background in the world of journalism has created an excellent basis for penning scripts and stage plays, most of which have a classical literature, historical, or true crime footing. His theatrical works have been produced at prestigious venues across the nation and attended by thousands. Works include Mark Twain's A Christmas Carol; All the Time in the World; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Angels; Hope Springs, Eternal; Mr. Scrooge & Mr. Dickens; and The Dangerous Christmas.

Carr is also author of What a World, a collection of vignettes chronicling twenty years living in the So Cal back country.

Charles Carr, Art Animates Life/North County Players 2023-24 President

Charles Carr's classic thriller, Passage Into Fear, published nationally by Eldridge Plays and Musicals (Balboa Park production pictured here), comes Dec. 2023 to the California Center for the Arts Escondido.

Tickets on sale now!

Copyright 2023. All rights reserved.