The Batting Cage - Simon's Rock College of Bard (March 9-12 2006) [Director] - Karen directed this production of Joan Ackermann's play in the Studio Theater of the Daniel Arts Center at Simon's Rock College of Bard.
Cinders - (as Cinderella)
Milagro Theatre (Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center), New York, NY, 17 performances (Nov 14 - Dec 6, 2003)
The Off-Off-Broadway Review of Cinders
nytheatre.com review of Cinders
Director: You have talent. You should think about acting school.
Cinderella: Why bother? There's enough drama here.
Speaking in Tongues - Roundabout Theatre, 1530 Broadway @ 45th Street, NYC (Oct 26, 2001 -
Jan 20, 2002)
Variety review of Speaking in Tongues
Temporary Help - Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT (Aug 29 - Sep 15, 2001)
Art - Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA (Jan 16, 2000) Reading only.
The Batting Cage - Berkshire Theatre Festival (August 1999)
- Karen was supposed to star in this new play by Joan
Ackermann, but backed out to film The Perfect Storm
Getting and
Spending - Karen
almost signed to star in this new comedy, which was expected to open on Broadway
after two months in San Diego. She asked for a firm committment from the producers
before she went to the trouble and expense of leasing a Manhattan apartment and
arranging for Nicholas' schooling in New York. The producers refused to commit so
Karen turned down the opportunity.
She was replaced by Linda Purl. After a two-month run at The Old Globe in San Diego,
the play opened on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theater October 25, 1998. Despite
universally bad reviews, the show hung on for 18 performances, closing November 29, 1998.
The Country Girl - Roundabout Theatre, 1530 Broadway @ 45th Street, NYC (January 1991)
Newsday review of The Country Girl
New York review of The Country Girl
Miss Julie - Actors Studio, NYC
As You Like It - (as Rosalind) Shakespeare & Co., Mount Theatre, Lenox, MA (July 3 - September 4, 1988)
Beautiful Bodies - (Co-Produced with Olympia Dukakis) - The Whole Theatre, Montclair, NJ, 15th season (1987)
The Miracle Worker - (as Annie Sullivan) - Roundabout Theatre, 1530 Broadway @
45th Street, NYC, 69 performances (4-29-1987 - 6-28-87)
Newsday review of The Miracle Worker
The Glass Menagerie - (with Treat Williams, Joanne Woodward and Jim Naughton) Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 21st season (10-4-1985 - 6-1-86)
The Glass Menagerie - (with John Sayles, Joanne Woodward and Jim Naughton) -
Williamstown
Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA (Summer 1985)
In a Bar in a Tokyo Hotel - Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA
Camino Real - Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA
Extremities - (followed Susan Sarandon and preceeded Farrah Fawcett in the role of Marjorie) - West Side Arts Center, NYC (3-29-83 - 5-31-83)
"The Gero pere and fils producing team is rolling lucky sevens, having nabbed Karen Allen to replace the fabulous Susan Sarandon in the controversial play Extremities. Karen begins March 29 for eight weeks. This girl is a wonderful actress, better even than you might think from her sardonic outing in Raiders of the Lost Ark. For instance, she was sensitive and unbelievably good as the young Helen Keller in that recent ill-fated William Gibson play. It opened and closed all too quickly on Broadway."Liz Smith, Philadelphia Inquirer - March 24, 1983
The Monday After the
Miracle - (Broadway debut) - Eugene O'Neil Theatre, 230 West
49th Street, NYC, 9 previews, 7 performances (12-14-1982 - 12-18-82)
The Monday After the Miracle - Kennedy Center, Washington, DC (1982)
The Monday After the Miracle - Actors Studio, NYC (1982)
The Monday After the Miracle - (As Helen Keller in the sequel to The Miracle
Worker) - Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC (May 30 - June 6, 1982)
Boston Globe review of The Monday After the Miracle
The Royal Family - Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA
A Night of Pity - (Co-Produced)
Love in the Dark - (Co-Produced with David M. Fox) - Actors & Directors Theatre, NYC, 12 performances (10-28-1982 - 11-7-82)
Tennessee Williams: A Celebration - Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA (July 1 - 10, 1982)
Two for the Seesaw - Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, MA (August 19 - 29, 1981)
Three Women - Washington Theatre Laboratory Company, Washington, DC, (1976)
The Player Queen - Washington Theatre Laboratory Company, Washington, DC, (1974)
The Innocent Party - Washington Theatre Laboratory Company, Washington, DC, (1974)
Saint - (professional acting debut) - St. Columba Church, Washington, DC, (1974)
Karen auditioned for this play on December 8, 1973, listing no previous
experience on the audition form. The director's comments were: "Good tonation - sweet voice. Can
develop good stage." The play toured for six months, including a trip to England and Iona, Scotland
where they performed in the actual church built by Saint Columba (whom the play is about).