GRACE CARTER
performer • director • producer • writer
CONTACT: gracecarterart@gmail.com
SUBSTACK: grizell
Grace Carter is a performer, director, producer and creator of original work. She has been working in theatre arts and filmmaking for the past 23 years in Portland OR. She co-founded the critically acclaimed defunkt theatre and collaborated as a producer, director and actor on several stage performances throughout her time there. In addition, Grace won the 2010 Drammy Award for best direction on 4.48 Psychosis, by Sarah Kane. Grace's films have been screened at several local and regional festivals including The PDX Fest and the Oregon Biennial at the Portland Art Museum. Grace has also worked as an actor on many film projects, including Paranoid Park (2007), a feature film by Gus Van Sant. Some of Grace’s most recent productions include The Yellow Wallpaper (2016) at CoHo Theatre, Distances (2018) a site-specific and devised performance, Madonna of the Cat (2021) at Fertile Ground Festival, and Agnes (2023), a short film collaboration with Holly Andres.