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KarenBerman
TheatreChair,Professor,andArtisticDirectorofTheatrePrograms
KarenBermanisexcitedtobehereatGeorgiaCollegeinherhomestateofGeorgia.Karenholdsa
BAinTheaterfromGeorgeWashingtonUniversity,anMFAinDirectingfromCatholicUniversityof
America,andreceivedherPh.D.inProfessionalStudiesinEducationwithadissertationon
CreativityandCognition.PriortocomingtoGCKarentaughtfor15yearsatGeorgetownUniversity
inWashington,D.C.whereshealsoservedasArtisticAdvisortofourStudentTheaterGroupsand
mentored150mainstagestudentdirectedprojects.
InApril2008KarenwasinductedintotheCollegeof
FellowsoftheAmericanTheatreattheJohnF.
KennedyCenterforthePerformingArtsin
Washington,D.C.andshewaselectedtoserveas
DeanoftheCollegefromApril2016toApril2018.
SheservedasPresidentoftheAssociationforTheatre
inHigherEducation(ATHE)from2004to2007.At
ATHEKarenbroughttogetherthenation'stheatre
organizationsinaSummitwhichresultedinthe
formationoftheCoalitionforTheatreEducationand
alsoinitiatedaKatrinaProject-Allianceformedby
ATHEandBlackTheatreNetworktosupport
devastatedNewOrleanshighschooldrama
programs.ShereceivedtheGovernor’sAwardforthe
ArtsonOctober3,2017presentedbyGeorgiaGovernorNathanDealandFirstLadySandraDealat
theStateCapital.
Karenisco-founderandArtisticDirectorofWashingtonWomeninTheatre(WWIT),atheatre
companyfoundedtogivevoicetowomenplaywrights,andwhichhasproducedattheMillennium
StageoftheKennedyCenterandtheNationalMuseumofWomenintheArts.WWITcelebratedits
15thyearin2017whenitpresentedafestivalofnewplays.
Karenhasdirectedover100productionsforvenuesrangingfromtheSmithsoniantooff-
Broadway.Heroff-Broadwaydirectingcreditsinclude,attheAmericanTheatreofActors,Ziggy
andBalletRusses,whichstarredTwylaTharpCompanymemberPetterJacobssonasNijinsky,and
MilledgevilleMemoirsanewplaybasedonoralhistoriesperformedbyGCstudentsoff-Broadway.
AtSourceTheatreinWashington,D.C.shedirectednumerousplays,includingCynthiaHeimel'sA
Girl'sGuidetoChaos.PriortocomingtoGC,KarendirectedmanyplaysintheWashington,D.C.
area,includingTonyKushner'snewadaptationofAnsky'sADybbuk,CatonaHotTinRoof,David
Mamet'sRevengeoftheSpacePandas,TheCountryWife,SamShepard'sChicago,herco-adaptation
ofRussellBaker'sGrowingUp,andthepremiereofPolkaDotConspiracy.Shehasassistedinthe
developmentofover40newplays.
KarenalsodirectednumerousuniversitytheatreproductionspriortocomingGeorgiaCollege,
includingWoyzeck,SixCharactersinSearchofanAuthor,Ah!Wilderness,TheGlassMenagerie,
TheBalconyandDr.KorczakandtheChildren.Herteachingareasoffocusincludeacting,Lessac
voice-movement,directing,andtheatreforsocialchange.Shepartneredwithhealtheducationand
sociologyfacultyinordertodevelopaplayinthelowestmedianincomehighschoolinWashington
DC.throughoralhistoryandethnography.HerkeynotespeechfortheAssociationofHispanic
ClassicalTheatre(AHCT)was"Translations,Transgressions,andReinterpretations:21stCentury
QuestionsRegardingZayas."
SincearrivingatGC,shehasdirectedCabaret,AStreetcarNamedDesire,Chicago,MuchAdoAbout
Nothing,TheBirds,Hamlet,Sueno,andTheRover.Inaddition,shedirectedandco-wroteaquartet
ofnewplays(TheVisionofČapek,TheWomenofHavelandKafka,TheFlightsofJanWiener,and
TheMysteryofMucha)aboutCzechheroesthatwereperformedbyGCstudentsinPragueandat
theinternationalTheatreEuropeanRegionsFestivalinHradacKrálové,CzechRepublicinthe
summersof2010,2012,2014,and2016.
Karenhasrecentlypublishedtwobookchapters.Thefirst,“TranslationsandTransgressions:
Twenty-FirstCenturyQuestionsRegardingZayas”waspublishedbyTamesisPressinMarch2015
inthebookRemakingtheComedia:SpanishClassicalTheatreinAdaptation.Thechapterdiscusses
heruniqueWashingtonWomeninTheatreproductionoftheSpanishGoldenAgecomedy
"FriendshipBetrayed"byMariadeZayasthatshedirectedinWashington,D.C.Thesecond,
“TransformativeEducationProcesses:DifficultDialoguesandGlobalCitizenry”waspublishedby
IntellectBooksintheUKandUniversityofChicagoPressintheUSinApril2016inthebookArts
IntegrationinEducation:TeachersandTeachingArtistsasAgentsofChange.Thebookchapter
discussesherworkontheatreforsocialchangeatbothGeorgiaCollegeandGeorgetown
University,includinghercommunityengagementworkandperformancesintheCzechRepublic.