Elisa Carlson (Ensemble/Ardenite) is thrilled to be returning to Writers Theatre! She holds a bachelor’s degree in piano performance and theater from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Regional credits: The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk (Northlight Theatre), Almost Heaven (Clinton Showboat Theatre), Once (Writers Theatre and Paramount Theatre), Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (Porchlight Music Theatre), Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (American Blues Theater), One Man, Two Guvnors (Court Theatre), Pop Waits (Neo-Futurists) and American Idiot (The Hypocrites). Elisa is also a choreographer for young performers with GingerSnap Performing Arts, as well as a 20-year veteran of the solo and dueling piano bar scene around the world.