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Keanu Reeves,” Carl says. “People really got into it.”

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But it was not the wetsuit-clad star who most captivated audiences. Rather, the laughs and spontaneous applause went to Pappas, played in the movie “Point Break” by Gary Busey, portrayed in the show by Carl.

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There was something exquisite about being Gary Busey, Carl realized.

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Inspired by virtuosos from separate eras (William Shakespeare and Busey) Carl co-created, with fellow Rutgers University graduate Michole Biancosino, “David Carl’s Celebrity One-Man Hamlet,” in which Carl plays Busey, portraying Hamlet.

It put Carl on the map, says Jack Bunning of Dallas’ Kitchen Dog Theater, where Carl used to work and attend productions.

“It was a breakout hit of the 2014 New York International Fringe Festival … it received the Overall Excellence in Solo Performance award at Baruch College,” Bunning says, but a few of many accolades. At the world-renowned Edinburgh Fringe in 2015, Carl performed the oneman show 24 times.

It’s no easy feat, Carl says. “When you aren’t performing, you are on the street handing out fliers advertising the show, so you can get people to come see it. He and his team (Biancosino and two producers) received five-star reviews in Edinburgh; and in summer 2016, he performed the play in Chicago.

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Expressive, witty, sincere and pensive during conversation, Carl grew up in Lake Highlands — attended Moss Haven Elementary and Forest Meadow. He was a wild child, identifying most with the Muppet Gonzo, he says. His parents did not try to quell his enthusiasm or creativity, he says. Mom was a teacher. Dad was in tech but also came from a family of seven preachers. In fact, a church play put Carl onstage for the first time. It was a little scary, just enough to amp him up and enjoy himself.

Lake Highlands, he says, was the ideal environment to shape his ambitions. Theater teacher Nancy Poynter taught him to take acting seriously, whether comedic, dramatic, supporting or leading. “She treated us like adults, like we were professionals,” he says. “We all came out of [the class] better people.”

Johnson, for whom he worked at Kitchen Dog Theater, also ignited Carl’s interest in unconventional theater. Johnson welcomed high school drama classes to the theater’s productions; some experienced creating their own plays.

There was English teacher David Wood, too, he says, without whom he would not have learned to appreciate The Bard.