In Performance
photo: Arielle Doneson
“[B]elievably obnoxious and utterly contemptuous… a bravura performance from Carey that brought out the deep and dark humour in the script.“
-Edinburgh Fringe Review
As a stage and voice actor, Chas has appeared in productions large and small in New York City and beyond. Select credits are below.
Chas Carey (l) & Susannah Perkins (r) in Sabine Women. Detail of a photo by Richard Termine for the New York Times, used pursuant to fair use purposes.
The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B. Matthias
Off-Broadway at the Duke on 42nd Street, 2017. A Playwrights Realm production. Chas appeared as The News.
Written by Michael Yates Crowley. Directed by Tyne Rafaeli.
Press:
temping.
A new interactive narrative work for one person. Notable mountings have included runs at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA and the Lincoln Center Film Festival. Chas appeared as James (a voice role). He also contributed graphic design and production assistance (including writing much of the legal and corporate jargon in the employee handbook given to participants).
Conceived, designed, and developed by Wolf 359.
Press:
Project logo, 2014-18.
Stockholm, Sweeden, 2016. Photo by Christina Wallace.
Workshops, etc.
Chas has participated in numerous workshops, table readings, and guide recording sessions for projects, including an experimental opera adapted from a medieval poem, an anime pilot, a PhD neurobiology thesis on pain management, and many more.
Although his formative experiences were in Shakespeare and light opera, his recent appearances have highlighted his strengths at playing unorthodox characters. One of his favorite modern roles was a sentient garbage disposal unit.
He has worked with New York Theatre Workshop, The Lark, Alchemical Theatre Labs, Magic Futurebox, The Tank, and numerous others.
A full acting CV and demo reels of voice work are available upon request.