As a writer, actor, producer, and cultural & theatre workshop facilitator, I design theatrical events for adult and youth audiences that nourish, enlighten, and inspire. My plays emphasize dynamic characters in stories that are specific in circumstance yet universal in theme, passion, and resolution. I create worlds that are reflective of this planet’s diverse populations, thoughts, and cultures.

My work has been produced nationally and internationally in theatres as well as unusual venues including; Geffen Playhouse; The Kennedy Center; Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Crossroads Theatre; New Federal Theatre; The Negro Ensemble Company; Alley Theatre; The Acting Company; The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History; Harriet Tubman Home Auburn, NY: Allen Temple Baptist Church; The Gullah Geechee Festival; On a Pier!!!; Underground Railroad at Belmont Mansion; The Doris Duke Theatre-Hawaii; Luna Stage Company; Pistarckle Theatre, St Thomas; Friends of The Virgin Island, St. John; in Antigua, Tortola British Virgin Islands, Cuba, and Kenya. HENRIETTA is included in The National Black Drama Anthology: Eleven Plays from America's Leading African-American Theaters, Edited by Woodie King, Jr.

MY NEWEST PLAY STERLING’S SILVER

Photos From The World Premiere of Sterling's Silver AfroMundo Festival Enhanced Reading Performance

In the 1800s a plan fueled by war, vision, passion, naïveté, rage, secrets, entrepreneurship, African-American sweat, and love, fashion a community determined to leave a living-legacy of sovereignty and strategies for generations. . . And they do!

This cast created a spellbinding performance!

Available for Full and Enhanced Reading Performances

From Dramaturge Sydne’ Mahone About Sterling’s Silver. . . “Dear Karen, I love the play. You create a world I want to dwell in. A few questions are still percolating, but I wanted to give you my initial feedback. I love the use of time--its porous boundaries and the ensuing cross-generational conversation. I love the style--a fusion of myth, history, romance and self-defense; a dream play, a call to evolve through action. The sense of community holds both nostalgia and aspiration. The music is wonderful. The imagery is a gift to the imagination. Thank you for writing this masterpiece! with so much heart and soul.”

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