- M.F.A. emphasis in Acting, University of California Irvine
- B.A. in Communications — Theatre, Wheaton College
Adjunct Professor, Theatre
Olivia Carter is a working actor, model and co-director of Whittier Shakes Theater where she most recently played “Kate” in The Taming of the Shrew. She holds a degree from Wheaton College and an MFA in acting from UCI. While at UCI she performed segments of Jane Wagner’s The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, played “Nina” in Chekhov’s The Seagull, “Blanche” in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire. When she is not acting, Carter is teaching acting, movement and voice & speech at Biola University, and working on her bakery, Saint Rylance. She lives with her husband and their daughter.