Karen Chandler

  

Performance/Directing Experience:

Truckee Meadows College, Carolyn Wray Artistic Director/ Dept. Head (775) 829-9004
Joanne                    COMPANY

Proscenium Players, Inc.  The Brewery Arts Center Resident Theatre Company (775) 883-1976
Karen, etc.              ACCOMPLICE  
Maureen                 THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE
Amnesia                  NUNSENSE I, III COUNTRY WESTERN JAMBOREE, IV NUNCRACKERS
Lita Encore              RUTHLESS!
Sally                        CABARET
Claudia                    NUTS
Meg                        CRIMES OF THE HEART
Martha                    STRANGE SNOW
Robin                      GODSPELL
Director                   I HATE HAMLET, THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE, SPOON RIVER

Western Nevada Musical & Theatre Company, Stephanie Arrigotti, Artistic Director/Producer (775) 445- 4250
Dulcinea                  THE MAN OF LA MANCHA
Martha                    THE SECRET GARDEN
Golde                      FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Director                   HARVEY, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, CACTUS FLOWER, THE MIRACLE
                                WORKER, THE CRUCIBLE

Renaissance Projects, Mary Bennett, Artistic Director (775) 323- 2331
Gillian                      TO GILLIAN ON HER 37th BIRTHDAY
Mo                          PARALLEL LIVES
Director                   THE BALTIMORE WALTZ

Nevada Repertory Company, Dr. Bob Dillard, Dr. Jim Bernardi (775) 784- 6839
The Acid Queen       TOMMY
Cuban Dancer          GUYS AND DOLLS
The Queen                A.A. Milne's THE UGLY DUCKLING
Electra                      GYPSY

The Brewery Arts Center, Joe McCarthy, Managing Director (775) 883- 1976
Nana                        PETER PAN
Amnesia                   NUNSENSE II
Director                    BYE, BYE, BIRDIE!, LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE

The Northern Nevada Ensemble Theatre Company (775) 885- 6331
Director                    A CHORUS LINE, GODSPELL, THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA
                                [abridged], INHERIT THE WIND

The Riverfront Theatre Company (775) 337- 8505
Dulcinea                    THE MAN OF MANCHA
Mama Rose              GYPSY!
Charlotte                   MOON OVER BUFFALO
Lola                          DAMN YANKEES 

Reno Little Theatre, (775) 329- 0661
Maria Callas             MASTER CLASS

Education:

M.A. Roosevelt University, Chicago, Ill.  Directing/Theatre Arts
B.A.  University of Nevada, Reno  Studio Art, Minors in Literature and Theatre
Shakespeare on Stage Workshop, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, So. Oregon College
Movement for the Actor, Dell Arte School of Physical Theatre, Blue Lakes, Ca.
Alexander/Barstowe  Summer Institute at Doane College, Crete, Nebraska

Special Skills:

Sewing, sculpture, painting, graphics, Dialects (Cockney, Welsh, Irish, Standard British, North Country), Piano, Guitar, improvisation, playwriting, teaching, make-up

References:

David Krassner, Artistic Director of Camp Bravo/Goin' Hollywood (800) 654- 1055
Dr. Jim Bernardi, Professor Theatre Arts, c/o University of NV., Reno- Theatre Dept. (775) 784- 6839

 Last updated:  September 24, 2004
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