Karen is happy to be back at Curtain Call where she has directed a variety of plays and musicals.  Karen was the artistic director for the American Theater Banquet Co. where she wrote, produced and directed 5 original shows each year, including The Christmas Show. She was selected to produce and direct Side By Side for the Sondheim Composer’s Festival at the University of Bridgeport, where she received her B.A. in Theater. The following year she was invited back, for Leonard Bernstein’s visit, and wrote and directed an original review of his work, entitled Bernstein On Broadway. Karen produced Hasbro’s Mr. Potato Head Live for Hasbro and wrote and staged HBO’S “SureThing” National Campaign, and  Reebok’s live UBU tour. Karen has enjoyed directing at WCSU, Danny’s Skylight room, and her musical Another Day in Paradise was presented at the Triad, Zipper Theater, and Laurie Beecham Theater in Manhattan as well as at the Downtown Cabaret. Karen and her husband Peter have run a musical theater camp for 23 years in Trumbull, where they live. She currently directs for Notre Dame High School in Fairfield.