Carly Pandza

Carly Pandza was born in San Diego, CA and has been directing stage and film from the ripe old age of 5 when she'd steal her mom's old VHS tape recorder and put on live productions with all her cousins in her grandmother's back living room. She received her double Bachelor of Fine Arts from Chapman University for Film Production and Screen Acting. She has studied storytelling and worked on her craft under some of the most prestigious creative companies from around the world such as the famous The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, CA, A Noise Within theatre company in Pasadena, California, Ensemble Studio Theatre in Los Angeles, California, Manhattan Film Institute in New York and The National Theatre School of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland. She has traveled, worked and studied around the world in various countries in Europe and in Africa. Her 2010 documentary short "Shadows in the Forest" was accepted into several festivals including the Newport Beach Film Festival. One of her most proud partnerships was acting within the popular, highly acclaimed immersive theatre of cruelty production of Creep: Entry from Just Fix It Productions. She is responsible for producing the successful "You Are Not Your Hair" charity event in summer 2014 in Los Angeles. Her 2015 feature-length documentary entitled "Hair" followed her on her journey of discovering cultural identity through hair. The award-winning film was bought by Hulu and ran on their streaming service platform. She is so happy to have "Swiped" be, HER Theatre Company's, 2nd production. HER is planning their next project to be a modern-day LGBTQ + retelling of William Shakespeare's classic play "Romeo & Juliet". Carly has been teaching, volunteering and mentoring children from infants to high school students for the past 8 years. She has a passion for unlocking potential for all ages as she is a coach, consultant and leader of adult transformational learning programs since 2014. She has been trained and led transformational coaching and leadership programs at Landmark Worldwide. She has led, coached and impacted thousands of people's lives. Her passion is creating art that raises social consciousness and causes transformation in the world.