Carlyn Grande and Casey Johnson 

About Carlyn Grande and Casey Johnson 

Carlyn Grande is a theater director and creator, focused on making new and newer work alongside fellow non-professional and professional artists and natural creatives. Before heading to the University of Michigan for a BFA in Directing, Carlyn had acted, directed, produced, or provided tech support for over a dozen self-produced, youth-led productions. The pandemic sparked a departure from Umich and a return to the Twin Cities, which included a brief stint as a college DJ. Recent credits include acting and directing with Spiral Theater and Running Errands, along with co-directing the Wayzata High School fall play. 

Casey Johnson is a longtime collaborator, having emerged from the same scene of self-production and student-led work as Carlyn. He had a similar path of leaving behind a theatre degree out of state to return to the Twin Cities to study public health at the University of Minnesota, and has once again become a consistent artistic partner. Recently, Casey’s artistic work has appeared in Crankiefest and two separate Running Errands series.

After a long history as classmates, castmates, friends, and collaborators, Casey and Carlyn are excited to formalize their partnership as a distinct director-and-writer pair for the LAB series.