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Karen Berthel

Performance Teacher and Acting Coach

Fundamentals of Acting, Developing a Character, Advanced Acting, Voice and Diction, Senior Seminar.

Karen Berthel (Director) Currently an assistant professor of Theatre Arts at Kalamazoo College where she teaches all of the performance courses plus senior seminar, Karen holds a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.  She is a founding member of Queen’s Company in NYC, an all female company devoted to producing classical texts. Some favorite professional credits with them include the Cardinal in DUCHESS OF MALFI, Gremio in TAMING OF THE SHREW,  (for which she was singled out in the NY Times review), and the title role in MACBETH.  Some West Coast professional directing and acting credits: San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Electra Theatre Company, Central Works, Boscov Productions, Human Nature, and The Marsh.  Karen  also spent six years with  Kaiser Permanente’s Educational Touring Programs, as both actor and manager of multiple shows that traveled across the US mainland and Hawaii.  She is a member of Voice and Speech Teachers Association, and specializes in the Skinner method and in classical text analysis for actors.  Recent directing credits for Festival Playhouse include THE ROVER, MACBETH, and TOP GIRLS.

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email:kberthel@kzoo.edu