Karen Kohlhaas

KAREN KOHLHAAS is a theater director, author, teacher and founding member of the Atlantic Theater Company. She is a senior teacher at the Atlantic Acting School, where she has taught since 1987. Directing credits include the world premiere of Annie Baker's play BODY AWARENESS (Atlantic), and 25 QUESTIONS FOR A JEWISH MOTHER, by Kate Ryan with Judy Gold (Off Broadway at St. Luke's Theatre, national tour, Drama Desk nomination). Other credits include Harold Pinter's THE HOTHOUSE (Atlantic), Keith Reddin's SYNERGY (Alley Theatre) and FRAME 312 (Atlantic); David Mamet's BOSTON MARRIAGE (Public Theater) and THE WATER ENGINE (Atlantic); Kate Moira Ryan's OTMA (Atlantic); three productions of AN ADULT EVENING OF SHEL SILVERSTEIN in New York (Atlantic) and Sydney (Practical Theatre Co.), and plays for Naked Angels, New Dramatists, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Culture Project and more. She is the author of THE MONOLOGUE AUDITION: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR ACTORS (foreword by David Mamet), HOW TO CHOOSE A MONOLOGUE FOR ANY AUDITION, THE MONOLOGUE AUDITION TEACHER'S MANUAL, and director/writer/co-producer of the DVD, THE MONOLOGUE AUDITION VIDEO. Her short films have played at festivals in the USA and internationally. She maintains a website for actors, www.monologueaudition.com.