Carl K. Turner comes originally from Tennessee and was a veteran performer at Opryland USA where he logged more than 300 performances as Captain Andy in Showboat. He was Ambrogio in Skagit Opera's Barber of Seville. He studied acting under William Ball at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and subsequently performed with San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Eureka Theatre, San Mateo Civic Light Opera and various fringe theatres. He moved to Skagit County 10 years ago to finish his MA in Theatre Directing at Western Wash. Univ. and works in Anacortes for Mt. Erie Construction, a company specializing in custom home-building and residential development. He currently serves as Artistic Director of Theater Arts Guild where he has directed Crimes of the Heart, Romeo & Juliet, Little Shop of Horrors among others, and has performed in Oliver!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and A Christmas Carol.