Collaborator, Creative Producer, Staff

Carlos Diaz Stoop

Creative Producer

Carlos Diaz Stoop is an Artist Advocate and Creative Producer who brings projects to life across theatre, music, dance, opera, community engagement, and social justice projects. He offers Artist Advocacy, Creative Producing, Project Management, and Care & Safety Consulting services driven by a values-based framework. At the core of his work is the desire to serve as a connector—achieved through recognizing care, safety, and curiosity as the key components in any successful endeavor.

Carlos has supported theatre, music, dance, opera, community engagement, and social justice projects including: Be Holding (World Premiere; Tyshawn Sorey, Brooke O’Harra, and Yarn/Wire), Nichos (World Premiere; Tanaquil Marquez, Ximena Violante, and Calo Rosa), Convalescence (Premiere; Pepón Osorio and Robert Blackson), The Garden (Nichole Canuso | Branching Paths), Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha: A Musical Reimagining (US Premiere; Volcano Theatre), and various projects with The Bearded Ladies Cabaret. www.cdscreativeproductions.com

Projects

Nichole Canuso, wearing a long red coat, stands barefoot on a beach at dusk. She faces away from the camera, looking toward distant trees. The moon is visible overhead.

Lunar Retreat

Lunar Retreat performances will premiere September 9-20, 2026 at Leonard Pearlstein Gallery presented by the FringeArts festival. Lunar Retreat is an interactive, multi-sensory performance inspired by…

A person in a bright yellow shirt and striped pants stands outside, framed between two others inside wearing red pants, against a brick wall backdrop.

The Garden

The Garden is an adaptive performance installation designed for 6 participants at a time.  The Garden premiered in 2013 and has lived in many forms, locations and languages….

The Garden – River’s Edge

The Garden: River’s Edge ran from September 6 – 22, 2024 at Arch Street Meeting House in Old City, Philadelphia as part of the 2024 Philadelphia…