Karen Baker's Page

What's the last show you worked on?

Runaways by Elizabeth Swados

What's your current project?

Development/pre-production of a one woman show based upon Joni Rodgers' best-selling memoir, Bald in the Land of Big Hair. Show will tour to various venues; proceeds to benefit programs offering services to cancer patients.

What theatres or schools have you attended?

Southeastern OK St University, BA in ED/Theatre & English
UNC Greensboro, MFA Acting program

What's your job in theatre now?

Educational Theatre Consultant--www.spiritproductions.biz

What do you aspire to?

Making theatre that makes a difference, and enabling others to do that, too.

What's your best advice to someone wanting to be in the theatre?

Read several hundred plays a year. Yes, several hundred. Find out what books good theatre colleges use for acting and directing courses---get them and read them. Go to every show within driving distance. Audition for everything in sight. If you aren't cast, work any crew that can use you. Don't sit and talk backstage when you aren't busy, watch rehearsal and learn everything you can. If you aren't cast, don't get bitter--get better. NEVER become a critic of your art--be a creator of your art. Watch a grade school play with the same respect you give a Broadway show--both are worthy. See the spirit and heart in everyone's work--and savor the gift it offers you. Never stop learning.

Are you currently receiving Stage Directions magazine

No