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Karen V Lawrence

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Film, Voice Credits (reel)

Quorum: The Harbor Pilot's Tale / Lead: "Francesca Salazar" Jabberwocky Audio Theater
Aftermath / Lead: "Cathy" - short film (~9 mins) Brownie Point Productions
Lacking a Title / Lead - short film (5 min) 5x5 Film(ed) Festival, co-created with David August
Dark Horse / Supporting: "Veterinarian" - short film (~9 mins) Baltimore 48-Hr Film Project, Best Film of 2024
GROWN / Supporting: "Suzanne" - web series promo (unaired) GROWN

Film-specific Training

London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA), UK
   - short course certificate (2-week full time)
Michelle Bonnard, Alan Pearce,
Rick Platt, Nigel Bristow
Martin Blank StudioMartin Blank

Stage Credits

PRODUCTION / ROLECOMPANYDIRECTOR
Love's Labour's Lost / HolofernesChesapeake Shakespeare CompanyErin Bone Steele
Émilie: La Marquise du Châtelet... / ÉmilieSilver Spring Stage (SSS)Erin Bone Steele
Midsummer Night's Dream / Peter QuinceFat & Greasy Citizens Brigade (FGCB)Heather Cipu
Book of Days / Martha HochSt Mark's Players (SMP)Heather Cipu
Lady Windermere's Fan / Lady WindermereLittle Theatre of AlexandriaSteven Mazzola
Arcadia / Lady CroomSMPHeather Cipu
As You Like It / Duke FrederickSMP, reprised with FGCBHeather Cipu
Shiloh Rules / Cecilia PettisonPort City PlayhouseMary Ayala-Bush
12 Angry Jurors / ForewomanSMPSeth Rose
Dracula / Professor VanHelsingSMPAndrew Curtin
The Arabian Nights / Azizah, others, ensembleSSSJacy D'Aiutolo
Royal Gambit / Jane SeymourBritish PlayersBarry Hoffman
The Death of Boson X (original work) / Dr. Alex BurrowsSSS One-Act FestivalPeter Orvetti
Hello | Brother (original work) / CelineAnnexus Theatre Company (Capital Fringe)Solomon HaileSelassie
White Noise (original work) / LilacWanderlust Theater LabRoselie Vasquez-Yetter
Hexagon 2000 / chorus, dance understudyHexagonMalcolm Edwards
Musical satire troupe / memberFirst City Players
Improv-comedy troupe / memberin Old Town Alexandria

Other Training, Skills

Dialects     Can develop any character-appropriate dialect. Used in shows noted above -
    American: Standard & Southern (non-rhotic) · British Standard · Dutch · Spanish
Stage Combat     Knife - 10 SAFD hours, 2020 (pending)
Single-handed Broadsword - 10 SAFD hrs, 2020
Small Sword - completed SAFD hours, 2018
Unarmed - SAFD Basic Pass, Sep 2015
Gabriel Rosario & Joe Travers
Gabriel Rosario & Joe Travers
Casey Kaleba
Kaleba; other: Brandon Cater
Technique &    
Contemporary    
Theatre Lab
Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory
Martin Blank Studio
Scott Morgan, Michael Russotto
John Emmert
Martin Blank
Shakespeare     Theatre Lab
HB Studio (NYC)
George Grant
Stephen DeRosa
Physical Comedy     Roundhouse/Happenstance Theater workshopMark Jaster & Sabrina Mandell
Misc. Skills     Basic firearms familiarity (M9 & M4)
Horseback riding (Western & English)
Swimming (formerly competitively)
Other Education     London School of Economics (London, UK)
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
MSc International Relations
BA (Honors) Political Science