Karen Eleanor Wight
Latest News on Karen Eleanor Wight:
Emerging Artists Theatre's Spark Theatre Festival NYC To Return in March (Feb 19, 2024)
Karen Eleanor Wight Awarded a New York State Council on the Arts Support For Artists Grant (Feb 3, 2024)
New Comedy USE YOUR WORDS! Comes to The Tank Next Month (Sep 11, 2023)
Emerging Artists Theatre's Spark Theatre Festival NYC To Return in March (Feb 19, 2024)
Karen Eleanor Wight Awarded a New York State Council on the Arts Support For Artists Grant (Feb 3, 2024)
New Comedy USE YOUR WORDS! Comes to The Tank Next Month (Sep 11, 2023)
Karen Eleanor Wight BIO
I was 10 when I found out that a person could be paid to act. After I regained consciousness, I declared that I no longer wanted to be a veterinarian (sorry cute animals of rural Oklahoma!) but instead would be an actor come hell or high water! I found many a creative outlet: writing haikus about armadillos while lounging next to our pond, choreographing roller skating routines, and subjecting my parents to my lengthy skits.
To the relief of the citizens of the greater Ada area, I left to attend college in SoCal. I landed on the West Coast in the most conservative county in the country. Wait, what? I left the buckle of the bible-belt to live behind the Orange curtain? Y'all, I stayed, survived, and thrived. While in Cali, I studied the classics, discovered improv, and worked very hard to lose my hick accent.
Then, NYC called to me. I arrived in the Big Apple bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Found Alice Spivak and an incredible improv community and became one-half of the improv duo Imp which performed wordless long-form improv. Translated into English: Charlie Chaplin meets Looney Toons. I kept myself busy performing in the Peter Pan National Tour, Off-Broadway, Off-West End, and in indie films.
I immersed myself in motherhood. Having kids is glorious and satisfying when you, due to sleep deprivation, conveniently forget all the gibberish, crawling, biting, and drooling. I won't even begin to describe what the kids were getting up to. Then, while my children were still portable, I took them on tour with the Off-Broadway two-hander The Screwtape Letters. I played Toadpipe, a demon creature, who spent a good amount of time speaking in gibberish, crawling, biting, and drooling. Turns out, I am Method. Who knew?
Back from the road and settled in Brooklyn, I am ready to dive into the tv/film opportunities in the New York market. No demon roles on your cast list? No worries because I am adept at playing your tough, capable detective, barracuda of a prosecutor, war-weary dystopian gang leader, and uber-honest best friend.
My greatest joy is participating in the communal experience that is the performing arts. The opportunity to change hearts and minds -both my own and the audiences' -to reveal truths and shine a light on the human condition continues to drive and inspire me every day.
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Karen Eleanor Wight STAGE CREDITS
Peter Pan National Tour, Tiger Lily/Liza, Director: Gordon Greenberg
Much Ado About Nothing, Margaret/Verges, The Queens Company
The Show Off, Clara Fisher, Director: Alice Spivak
Karen Eleanor Wight News
Emerging Artists Theatre's Spark Theatre Festival NYC To Return in March
Emerging Artists Theatre will return with its bi-annual Spark Theatre Festival NYC. Learn more about programming and see how to purchase tickets to the festival!
Karen Eleanor Wight Awarded a New York State Council on the Arts Support For Artists Grant
Karen Eleanor Wight receives a Support for Artists grant from NYSCA for her one-act comedy, 'Use Your Words!' presented by Emerging Artists Theatre.
New Comedy USE YOUR WORDS! Comes to The Tank Next Month
The Tank will present Use Your Words! by writer/actor Karen Eleanor Wight. Use Your Words! is a one-woman show-in five wordless scenes-about a new mother struggling with the responsibility of caring for a tiny human. Learn more about the production here!
29PWC New Works Series 2020 Continues With SEA VINE, NJ
29th Street Playwrights Collective NEW WORKS SERIES 2020 presents SEA VINE, NJ, a ghost play by Michael Wells-Oakes on Tuesday November 17 at 7:30pm on Zoom.
BWW Interview: Director Max McLean Bares His Soul on Spiritual Warfare in C.S. Lewis' THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS at BJCC CONCERT HALL
Max McLean is president and artistic director of Fellowship for Performing Arts. They have a long history of producing theatre from a Christian worldview to engage a diverse audience. The weekend they bring Birmingham a captivating production of C.S.Lewis' Screwtape Letters. McLean shares insight with me into this ten year running production and his passion for blending faith and the arts.
Karen Eleanor Wight And Jennifer Laine Williams Read Annie La Russa's YOU MOTHER At The 3rd Annual UN-Auguration Short Play Fest
Karen Eleanor Wight and Jennifer Laine Williams read Annie La Russa's "YOU MOTHER" at the 3rd Annual UN-Auguration Short Play Fest, at Bernie Wohl, January 31st.
Karen Eleanor Wight And Jennifer Laine Williams Read Annie La Russa's YOU MOTHER At The 3rd Annual UN-Auguration Short Play Fest
Karen Eleanor Wight and Jennifer Laine Williams read Annie La Russa's "YOU MOTHER" at the 3rd Annual UN-Auguration Short Play Fest, at Bernie Wohl, January 31st.
FUKT, A New Play About Women Telling, Moves To Dixon Place For One-Night-Only Event
A staged reading of FUKT by Emma Goldman-Sherman, directed by Janice L. Goldberg, will be presented as a work in progress at Dixon Place, Saturday, November 17, at 10pm on the Main Stage.
Jeanne Lauren Smith and Karen Eleanor Wight Cast For Reading of Michael Wells-Oakes' Newest Play, LEAVE PHILADELPHIA, NEVER
Jeanne Lauren Smith and Karen Eleanor Wight are set for a reading of LEAVE PHILADELPHIA, NEVER, written by Michael Wells-Oakes. The family drama will be directed by Cynthia Granville and presented by the 29th Street Playwrights Collective New Work Series on Monday October 1, at the Bernie Wohl Center, 647 Columbus Ave, at 7:30pm.
FUKT, A New Play About Women Telling, To Be A Staged Reading As Part Of WHAM! At Bernie Wohl Center
Goddard Riverside presents a staged reading of FUKT by Emma Goldman-Sherman on Monday, March 26, at 7:30pm at The Bernie Wohl Arts Center. FUKT is presented as part of WHAM! Women History Artist Month, a month long celebration of local women in the arts.
Photo Flash: THE MOST RELUCTANT CONVERT Celebrates Opening Night Off-Broadway
The Fellowship for Performing Arts production of C.S. Lewis ONSTAGE: THE MOST RELUCTANT CONVERT has extended its run at The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row (410 W. 42nd Street) through May 21, 2017. Adapted for the stage by and starring award-winning actor Max McLean, THE MOST RELUCTANT CONVERT opened last night, Thursday, March 2, and BroadwayWorld has photos from the curtain call and festivities below!
BWW Review: THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, Park Theatre
Gary Naylor sees a loyal, committed adaptation of CS Lewis's once celebrated novel that fails to ignite fully as drama, but works well as polemic.
Full Casting Announced For C.S Lewis THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS At Park Theatre This Christmas
The Screwtape Letters, the provocative and wickedly witty theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, will play the Christmas season at Park Theatre from 8 December 2016 - 7 January 2017, with a press night on 9 December.
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS Begins Tonight at The Pearl Theatre
Fellowship For Performing Arts (FPA) (Artistic Director Max McLean) is proud to present the New York return of THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, which begins performances tonight as the second show in FPA's inaugural 2015/2016 New York season at The Pearl Theatre (555 West 42nd Street). Based on the novel by C.S. Lewis and adapted for the stage by FPA Founder and Artistic Director Max McLean and Jeff Fiske, THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS will officially open on Wednesday, January 13 for a strictly limited run through Sunday, January 24.
Photo Flash: First Look at Max McLean and Karen Eleanor Wight in THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, is currently running through December 30, 2012. THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS was a popular, sell out hit at the Lansburgh Theatre in 2008 and 2009. Check out the photos below.
Photo Flash: THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS Comes To LA
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly witty theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, will be presented at the Alex Theatre, 216 North Brand Boulevard in Glendale, CA in a limited engagement on Saturday, January 15 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday, January 16 at 3 p.m. with another performance just added due to popular demand on Sunday, January 16 at 7 p.m.
Photo Flash: SCREWTAPE LETTERS Celebrates 200 Performances
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly witty theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, celebrated its 200th performance at The Westside Theatre, 407 West 43rd Street, New York on November 1.
BWW Discounts: Save On Tickets To THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS!
BWW Discounts is offering you the chance to save on tickets to THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS BY C.S. LEWIS.
Photo Flash: Douglas Gresham Attends THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, has opened a new block of tickets on sale for performances through September 5 at the Westside Theatre, 407 West 43rd Street, New York.
CS Lewis' Step-Son Leads Post-Show Talkback At THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS 6/11
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, will feature an exclusive one-night-only performance and post-show talk-back discussion with Douglas Gresham, the step-son of C.S. Lewis, well-known author and Chronicles of Narnia producer; and star Max McLean at the Westside Theatre, 407 West 43rd Street, New York on Friday, June 11 at 8 p.m.
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