Karla Dingle

@karladingle

Karla's Info

Karla Dingle has spent her life on the stage. She began taking theater classes at age 5 and continued to study acting until receiving her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Georgia in Theater in 1998. Karla began performing improv in Charlotte in 2009 and continues to educate herself through workshops and classes at Second City, Hoopla, The Groundlings and more.

Karla serves as the Improv Director at Acting Out Studio and is also the Education Director with the Queen City Comedy’s Global Improv Project which connects improvisers worldwide. As a guest teacher at Impro Fest Ireland, the Vintage Improv Festival, Highwire Improv, Liverpool Comedy Improv and Improv Comedy Bangalore, Karla has instructed students from Peru, Israel, India, Canada, Mexico, Bulgaria, South Africa, the Philippines and beyond.

Karla also performs improv with Now are the Foxes, Close Distance, and the Background Noise Musical Improv Team.

Karla’s students have been featured in commercial campaigns for CVS, Lending Tree, Food Lion, Atrium Healthcare and more. Additionally, her students have filmed feature films for Netflix and Amazon Prime as well as television series and voiceover work. 

For more info: http://https://www.dingledrama.com/

Karla's Workshops

Touchstones
Playing in the Past
Game of the Relationship
Intersection
What the Hell?
Acting for Improvisers
I Want! I Need! I Feel!

"She really understood the seemingly wide spectrum of my and fellow participants' needs and tailored a perfect session." - Laxmi Priya, Improv Comedy Bangalore Community

"Karla uses her gentle, intuitional, and respectful teaching to create a safe environment that invites openness and vulnerability." - Dr. Wieslaw Rocki

"Karla is a wonderfully creative, loving improv instructor who goes the extra mile when it comes to incorporating playfulness " - Miki Manting, Vintage Improv Festival

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