Dani Carr

Dani Carr is the Lore Keeper at Critical Role Productions LLC, producer, one-time substitute host for Talks Machina, and writer of Critical Recap, as well many other shows aired by Critical Role Productions.

Background
As a kid, Dani Carr often performed at theatre and has a BFA in Theatre Performance. She also has done behind the scenes work for theatre, as a stage manager in particular.

Dani first acquainted herself of Critical Role following the members of the cast on Twitter and learned about their first streamed D&D game in March 2015. During, she won a giveaway and her name was said on screen. Dani actively expressed her passion for the show on Twitter, and at a time when Critical Role had an audience of only "about 1000", the cast noticed her tweets and remembered Dani when they met during SDCC the same year. In January of 2017, Dani has moved from Memphis to Los Angeles aspire to become a voice actress.

In Los Angeles, Dani talked to Marisha and Taliesin and eventually asked Dani to send her a resume, as they were in need of someone with that exact set of skills (administration/paperwork processing and organization, etc), and about two weeks later, she get a job as Production Coordinator at Geek & Sundry.

Lore Keeper
Dani worked at Geek & Sundry as a Production Coordinator, then continued with that role when the crew transitionned to Critical Role Productions LLC. Starting roughly during the filming of Campaign 2 Arc 6: Weird Magic, Dani's job description was changed to official Lore Keeper of Critical Role. As Lore Keeper, she is in charge of protecting the canonical integrity of the world of Critical Role in its various iterations.

Contributions and appearances

 * Talks Machina: Dani was the producer of Talks Machina, and had appeared on every episode as an off-screen observer and commentator. She sometimes appeared on screen and had her own dedicated camera, labelled "Dani Cam".
 * 4-Sided Dive: Dani and Kyle Shire developed the questions specific to each guest and chosen during the "Deep Dive" segment by drawing slips of paper out of tankards. Dani also reads the questions pulled out of the "Tower of Inquiry", starts the show with improvised with the cast, and occasionally steps behind the bar to clarify lore details forgotten by the cast.
 * Critical Recap: Dani began hosting Critical Recap with the airing of before the live streams. After the split from Geek & Sundry, new episodes of Critical Recap premiered on Critical Role's YouTube channel on Tuesdays. The final video was for "Unwanted Reunions" (2x88). Since then, Dani has been writting recaps and posting them on the Critical Role website every wednesday.
 * Crit Recap Animated: Dani narrates Crit Recap Animated, and is on the team of writers as well. She appears in the show as an animated version of herself.
 * Narrative Telephone: Dani appeared as a guest on Narrative Telephone Round 2: as a participant in the fifth episode and the storyteller in the sixth episode.
 * EverythingIsContent: Dani and her mom Velita played Spider-Man (2018).

Player characters
Drew Bearymoore, polar bear

Trivia

 * The phrase "Is it Thursday yet?" commonly used to close off episodes was initially coined by Dani.
 * Dani played Vizzini in "The Princess Bride" play in her community theater when she was eleven years old.
 * In August 2018, Vex'ahlia was Dani's favorite CR character. Dani found her "journey of self-acceptance and of finding the worth in yourself" deeply relatable. Also, she loves Trinket and animal companions in general.
 * Dani's first D&D character was a half-elf Ranger named Ros with a wolf companion.
 * Her favorite D&D classes are Cleric and Rogue.