THEATRE
"All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;"
— William Shakespeare
Karen has been working in theatre since 2016. She is music director for TIP Youth, is currently working with Tokyo Theatre for Children, and Say Nothing Productions. She has also worked with Black Stripe Theater and the Disturbance project. She is currently directing Tokyo International Players Spring 2021 production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella and will be directing TTFC's November 2021 show.
DIRECTOR
October 2021
Directing Tokyo International Players staged reading of NATURAL SHOCKS by Lauren Gunderson.
PRODUCER
December 2020
Producer, Music Director, and Performer, on Say Nothing's seasonal broadcast based on the 1914 World War 1 Christmas Truce. The piece was compiled by Jonah Hagans.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
August 2020
Elephant Room Productions virtual performance of Alice Hakvaag's As I Was, Not As I Am.
MUSIC DIRECTOR
April 2020
TIP Youth's April 2020 production. Part of their 10th season with students from 12 to 18 years old.
DIRECTOR
May 2019
Directed Tokyo International Player's May 2019 mainstage show, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, with a cast of 37 actors.
VOCAL DIRECTOR
February 2019
Tokyo International Player's February 2019 production of Hand to God, directed by Jonah Hagans. I also worked on constructing the puppets.
DIRECTOR
April 2019
Say Nothing Productions and Tokyo International Players secondstage June 2018 production. Also sang the role of Woman 2.
MUSIC DIRECTOR
April 2018
TIP Youth's April 2018 production of Alice in Wonderland Jr., as part of their 9th Season. Students from the ages of 8 to 12.
PERFORMER
October 2017
Played Mrs Lovett, in TIP's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, directed by Davina McFadyen. Assistant Vocal Director.
COSTUME DESIGN
August 2016
Black Stripe Theatre's production of The Dresser, directed by Keiko Tsuneda.
PERFORMER
November 2020
Performed a monologue from Titus Andronicus, as part of Tokyo International Players' Shakespeare from Home series.
DIRECTOR
May 2020
Tokyo International Player's May 2020 production of Rodger & Hammerstein's 2013 Broadway version of Cinderella.
VOCAL DIRECTOR
November 2019
Tokyo Theatre for Children's sci-fi musical, written by Jon Sabay and Kevin McHugh, at Woody Theatre from the 14th to 17th November.
MUSIC DIRECTOR
April 2019
TIP Youth's April 2019 production as part of their 9th Season. Students from the ages of 12 to 18.
VOCAL DIRECTOR
November 2018
Tokyo Theatre for Children's November 2018 production. Played the role of Fairy Godmother.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
May 2018
Tokyo International Players Main 2018 mainstage production of The Who's TOMMY, directed by Jonah Hagans. I was also the vocal director.
WARDROBE
February 2018
Tokyo International Players February 2018 production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, directed by Brian Berdanier.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
May 2017
TIP's production of The Diary of Anne Frank, directed by Jonah Hagans.
PERFORMER
May 2016
Tokyo International Player's production of Big River, directed by Hannah Grace.
PRODUCER
November 2020
Producer, Music Director and Performer for Say Nothing's virtual performance of new and should be heard musical theatre songs.
MUSIC DIRECTOR
April 2020
TIP Youth's April 2020 production. This is part of their 10th Season with students from 8 to 12 years old.
VOCAL DIRECTOR
July 2019
World premiere of Disturbance in Tokyo. Original by Mark Ferris, with the script adapted by Rachel Walzer from the work of the poet Ivy Alvarez.
MUSIC DIRECTOR
April 2019
TIP Youth's April 2019 production as part of their 9th Season. Students from the ages of 8 to 12.
VOCAL DIRECTOR
October 2018
Tokyo International Player's October 2018 production directed by Graig Russell. Also worked in wardrobe and backstage.
MUSIC DIRECTOR
April 2018
TIP Youth's April 2018 production of Beauty and the Beast Jr., as part of their 9th Season. Students from the ages of 12 to 18.
