Professionally, she was in Broadway’s hit show, WICKED, as the Witch’s Mother, and also performed in WICKED’s LA, Chicago, and national touring companies.

Other touring and regional productions include: A Chorus Line (Cassie, Kristine), Footloose, The Full Monty (Vicki), 42nd Street, Anything Goes, Funny Girl, & Nights on Broadway.

Her TV and commercial credits include: One Life to Live, The Today Show, ESPN, Toys R Us, Bell South, Mastercard, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Inside Edition, and Dance Spirit Magazine.

Carson has taught at Broadway Dance Center, UNC-CH, Dallas Ballet Center, Kennesaw State University, StageCoach (LA),  many studios in the Southeast, and for The Pulse and NC Dance Ambassadors. 

While in NYC, she worked closely with Andy Blankenbeuhler (HAMILTON, In The Heights, Bandstand, Cats), Josh Bergasse (SMASH, On The Town), and David Marquez. Other New York credits include the NYMT, BCEFA benefits (Gershwin, Neil Simon, and Minskoff, Broadway), and Elton John’s "Down the Yellow Brick Road 35th Anniversary Benefit Concert" (assistant choreographer to director Andy Blankenbeuhler).

Carson has directed and choreographed both professional shows (Annie, The Prom, Newsies, Kinky Boots, Footloose, Spring Awakening, The Full Monty, The Drowsy Chaperone) and children’s theatre (Footloose, TACT). 

Her proudest moments have been as a teaching artist with (and current board member of) DREAMS of Wilmington, a nationally recognized non profit that cultivates confidence through the arts. She also taught at the Boys & Girls club of Metro Atlanta, founded the first dance and theatre program at Hope Hill Elementary School in Atlanta, and taught dance at Classical Charter School of Wilmington.  

Carson is currently on the dance faculty at UNC-Wilmington as their first theatre dance and tap teacher, as well as the Interim Artistic Director and the Director of Education for Opera House Theatre Company, where she develops and oversees their education program, including summer camps, after-school classes, community involvement, and pre-professional workshops.