Helena Scholz-Carlson is an Evanston based actor, artist, and baker. She studied acting at the Great River Shakespeare Festival and graduated from Northwestern University in 2018, where she studied theater with a focus on playwriting. She has a passion for heightened text and truthful, grounded acting. Favorite roles include Bolingbroke in Richard II (Sandbox Theatre Collective & Circuit Theatre Co), Romeo in R&J (NU), and Laura in Tea & Sympathy (NU). Helena is a member of Laughing Stock, Chicago’s premier commedia dell’arte ensemble, and Sandbox Theatre Collective. She is also a pastry chef in training with Michèle Millan Bakes. Helena believes strongly in the power of Meisner acting work to unlock greater freedom, ease, and connection. She is deeply grateful to be a part of this community.