A versatile singing actress, Darla has performed across the US and abroad in concert, opera, music theatre, variety and cabaret.

Companies include San Francisco Symphony, Portland Opera, Connecticut Opera, Oakland East Bay Symphony, Festival Opera, Opera Barga (Italy), Theatreworks, George Coates, and American Opera Projects at Lincoln Center.

Her popular variety solo act premiered in 2008 and appearances include Yoshi's, DNA Lounge, the Rrazz Room and many other San Francisco cabaret venues. Other highlights include Oakland East Bay Symphony's Follies - with Rita Moreno, Val Diamond & Sharon McKnight and her debut with San Francisco Symphony in Le Rossignol(conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas).

Prior performances include the role of Nefertiti in Oakland Opera Theatre's West Coast premiere of Philip Glass' Akhnaten - called "one of the musical events of the year" by the San Francisco Chronicle as well as the title role in The Rape of Lucretia with San Francisco Lyric Opera and Mrs. Soames in the West Coast Premiere of Ned Rorem's new opera Our Town with Festival Opera. She played the Mad Woman in the Attic in Theatreworks Jane Eyre and a Liebeslieder in the acclaimed A Little Night Music at the Post Street Theatre.