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Mr. Scrooge & Mr. Dickens
 

All the Time in the World
 
Samantha Carr
Alex Caratti (Carr)
  Multiple award-winning author Charles Carr has written well-over a thousand newspaper articles, magazine stories, and columns for many publications including the San Diego Union Tribune, The Californian, The North County Times, Parent Magazine, and ComputorEdge Magazine, where he has been an editor for over two decades.

Carr has also written and/or directed many of his own stage plays. He was commissioned to write the Escondido Arts Partnership/Municipal Gallery's first live theater event.
  Carr and others looking for ways to help organizations struggling in difficult economic times, founded Art Animates Life. To date, the group has raised tens-of-thousands of dollars for disaster relief, an arts non-profit and municipal gallery, a community outreach center, and several struggling community theaters. Art Animates Life members do not accept monetary compensation for their time and talent, including Carr's own commissions and royalties. An essential component of every Art Animates Life production is that large amounts of donation-only seating be provided to members the community who could not otherwise afford to experience excellent live theater. More info here.
  Several years ago Carr was commissioned to adapt and direct the beloved Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol. The play, titled Mr. Scrooge & Mr. Dickens, has sold out So Cal theaters for the past several years. 2012 shows were performed at the Park Avenue Center with 100% of proceeds directly benefitting children and seniors through the Escondido Community Services Department. Visit Mr. Scrooge & Mr. Dickens.
 
The original play, All the Time in the World, has garnered broad acclaim from audiences and critics alike. The drama/mystery was also performed to packed houses at the Maxine Theater's Staples Center. All the Time in the World will be performed June 2013 at the Charity Wings Art Center in San Marcos. More about All the Time in the World.
 

In the 1990s, Charles wrote 3DHouse, a complete inside-and-out virtual reality tour of his family's log home in Southern California. One of the first virtual reality programs ever created, 3DHouse enjoyed tens of thousands of shareware downloads on all major portals. He also sold the rights to Radio Shack and Egghead Software. 3DHouse has since been featured in many books and articles about VR.
 

A professional musician for more than 15 years, Carr's guitar playing has been featured on many recordings. He toured both in and out of the country before settling down in San Diego's North County with his wife, Marsi, and their two children. He has repeatedly taken top honors in San Diego Songwriter's Guild competitions for his original musical compositions.

Carr has won many writing accolades, including San Diego Press Club awards for Best Column Writing, Consumer Writing, and Best Arts and Entertainment. He also edits stories and articles written by others for major national publications.

Charles has been a contributor and technical advisor to L.A. and San Diego Parent magazines and receives dozens of requests each year to appear on Southern California television and radio stations to talk about important events. He also speaks from time-to-time to high schools and organizations about his eclectic life in the arts.

Charles has also served as adult supervisor and creative adviser for the multiple award-winning original films Boy on the Moon (iVIE first place, Fallbrook Film Festival finalist), Sins of the Father (iVIE first place, VCTV Film of the Year) and Mystery High (iVIE, VCTV Storyteller of the Year, Fallbrook Film Festival finalist), and the full-length original stage play Auditioning Truths and Lies, which has been performed professionally at venues throughout Southern California.

Carr is currently producing the upcoming Fallbrook International Film Festival Red Carpet event and judging the national PRSA Journalism Awards. He will soon publish What a World, a collection of writings.

  


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