Karen Azenberg
Latest News on Karen Azenberg:
NOISES OFF Comes to Pioneer Theatre Company Next Month (Nov 14, 2025)
Video: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Pioneer Theatre Company (Oct 28, 2025)
Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Pioneer Theatre Company is Arrestingly Layered (Oct 25, 2025)
NOISES OFF Comes to Pioneer Theatre Company Next Month (Nov 14, 2025)
Video: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Pioneer Theatre Company (Oct 28, 2025)
Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Pioneer Theatre Company is Arrestingly Layered (Oct 25, 2025)
BIO
In fall 2024, Karen Azenberg kicks off her 13th season as Artistic Director at PTC. Favorite projects include the world premieres of Alabama Story and “i”; the regional premieres of Sting’s The Last Ship and Les Misérables; and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Newsies, Sweet Charity, and The Play That Goes Wrong. Originally from New York, her work there includes Lyrics and Lyricists (92nd St. Y), Blocks (a collaboration with Jonathan Larson), Prom Queens Unchained, and choreography for Richard Greenberg’s The Dazzle (Roundabout Theatre Company). Among her other credits are National Tours of Carousel and Brigadoon, West Side Story (over 15 productions), and productions at Indiana Repertory, Geva Theatre Center, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Goodspeed, and Utah Shakespeare Festival. Karen is a past president of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). Her favorite productions are her son Alexander and her daughter Emelia.
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Productions
Videos
Video: DEAR EVAN HANSEN In Rehearsal At Pioneer Theatre Company
by A.A. Cristi - 2025-10-13 23:00:31
Video: Watch a Preview of BEAUTIFUL at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Michael Major - 2025-02-25 12:39:19
Video: Watch the Trailer For BEAUTIFUL at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Michael Major - 2025-02-21 10:07:40
Video: Trailer: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Joshua Wright - 2024-05-14 12:51:57
Video: Go Inside Rehearsals For NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Joshua Wright - 2024-04-26 15:57:55
Video: Meet the Cast of THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Joshua Wright - 2024-03-14 17:23:30
VIDEO: In Rehearsal with ROCKY HORROR at the Pioneer Theatre Company
by Blair Ingenthron - 2023-10-15 14:09:56
VIDEO: First Look at Anne Tolpegin, Howard Kaye, Celeste Rose & More in THE PROM at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Alan Henry - 2023-05-16 15:46:16
Photo/Video: Get A First Look At The Broadway-Bound CAGNEY at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Alan Henry - 2019-09-19 16:54:57
STAGE TUBE: PTC's LES MISERABLES' Kelly McCormick Sings 'I Dreamed a Dream' on Good Day Utah
by Christina Mancuso - 2013-05-02 08:21:42
News
NOISES OFF Comes to Pioneer Theatre Company Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Nov 14, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company will present Noises Off by Michael Frayn, running next month at Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre. Learn more about the show here!
by Stephi Wild - Nov 14, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company will present Noises Off by Michael Frayn, running next month at Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre. Learn more about the show here!
Video: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Joshua Wright - Oct 28, 2025
Get a first look at Pioneer Theatre Company (PTC)'s Utah premiere of Dear Evan Hansen, the acclaimed Broadway musical featuring a book by Steven Levenson and music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The production runs through November 8, 2025, at the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre in Salt Lake City.
by Joshua Wright - Oct 28, 2025
Get a first look at Pioneer Theatre Company (PTC)'s Utah premiere of Dear Evan Hansen, the acclaimed Broadway musical featuring a book by Steven Levenson and music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The production runs through November 8, 2025, at the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre in Salt Lake City.
Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Pioneer Theatre Company is Arrestingly Layered
by Tyler Hinton - Oct 25, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company’s professional production of DEAR EVAN HANSEN could easily be at home on a Broadway stage, and it is certainly one of Utah’s best shows this year. The original production is rightfully beloved, but this iteration adds even more layers, brilliantly flitting between realism and theatricality in arresting ways.
by Tyler Hinton - Oct 25, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company’s professional production of DEAR EVAN HANSEN could easily be at home on a Broadway stage, and it is certainly one of Utah’s best shows this year. The original production is rightfully beloved, but this iteration adds even more layers, brilliantly flitting between realism and theatricality in arresting ways.
Video: DEAR EVAN HANSEN In Rehearsal At Pioneer Theatre Company
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 14, 2025
Go behind the scenes with a first look at video of Dear Evan Hansen in rehearsal at Pioneer Theatre Company, directed by Karen Azenberg and starring Kyle Dalsimer in the title role.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 14, 2025
Go behind the scenes with a first look at video of Dear Evan Hansen in rehearsal at Pioneer Theatre Company, directed by Karen Azenberg and starring Kyle Dalsimer in the title role.
DEAR EVAN HANSEN Utah Premiere to be Presented at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 3, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company will present the Utah premiere of Dear Evan Hansen at Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets here!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 3, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company will present the Utah premiere of Dear Evan Hansen at Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets here!
2 PIANOS 4 HANDS Utah Premiere is Coming to Pioneer Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 21, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company will kick off its 25/26 Season with the Utah premiere of 2 Pianos 4 Hands in the Meldrum Theatre at Einar Nielsen Field House. Learn more!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 21, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company will kick off its 25/26 Season with the Utah premiere of 2 Pianos 4 Hands in the Meldrum Theatre at Einar Nielsen Field House. Learn more!
John Cariani, Ben Crawford and More to Star in TEN BRAVE SECONDS Reading at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 19, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company will present a developmental reading in advance of its upcoming world premiere of Ten Brave Seconds by Will Van Dyke and Jeff Talbott. Learn more!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 19, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company will present a developmental reading in advance of its upcoming world premiere of Ten Brave Seconds by Will Van Dyke and Jeff Talbott. Learn more!
World Premiere and More Set for Pioneer Theatre Company 2025-26 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 25, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company has revealed its 2025-2065 season lineup, which offers a diverse mix of Utah and world premiere musicals, contemporary plays, and the return of a much-requested farce. Learn more here!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 25, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company has revealed its 2025-2065 season lineup, which offers a diverse mix of Utah and world premiere musicals, contemporary plays, and the return of a much-requested farce. Learn more here!
Pioneer Theatre Company Will Honor Simmons Family Foundation At Annual Gala
by Stephi Wild - Mar 12, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company has announced its honorees for the company's annual gala at the S.J. Quinney College of Law on the University of Utah campus. Learn more here!
by Stephi Wild - Mar 12, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company has announced its honorees for the company's annual gala at the S.J. Quinney College of Law on the University of Utah campus. Learn more here!
Video: Watch a Preview of BEAUTIFUL at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Michael Major - Feb 25, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company, Utah’s premier professional theatre company in residence at the University of Utah, has revealed a new preview of their feel-good, beloved bio-musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Watch the video!
by Michael Major - Feb 25, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company, Utah’s premier professional theatre company in residence at the University of Utah, has revealed a new preview of their feel-good, beloved bio-musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Watch the video!
Video: Watch the Trailer For BEAUTIFUL at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Michael Major - Feb 21, 2025
Watch the trailer video for Pioneer Theatre Company's, Utah’s premier professional theatre company in residence at the University of Utah, new production of the feel-good, beloved bio-musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.
by Michael Major - Feb 21, 2025
Watch the trailer video for Pioneer Theatre Company's, Utah’s premier professional theatre company in residence at the University of Utah, new production of the feel-good, beloved bio-musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.
BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL to be Presented at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 24, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company will present the feel-good, beloved bio-musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical in February. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 24, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company will present the feel-good, beloved bio-musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical in February. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
Review: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC at Pioneer Theatre Company is a Contemplative Post-Broadway Premiere
by Tyler Hinton - Oct 27, 2024
Pioneer Theatre Company’s Utah premiere of PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC brings a contemplative new play that only recently closed on Broadway to local audiences, invoking meditation on the past and prayer for the future.
by Tyler Hinton - Oct 27, 2024
Pioneer Theatre Company’s Utah premiere of PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC brings a contemplative new play that only recently closed on Broadway to local audiences, invoking meditation on the past and prayer for the future.
Pioneer Theatre Company to Present Utah Premiere of PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 7, 2024
Pioneer Theatre Company will present the Utah premiere of Prayer for the French Republic by Joshua Harmon. PTC is among the first theatre companies in the nation to be granted the rights to the three-time Tony-nominated play. Learn how to purchase tickets.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 7, 2024
Pioneer Theatre Company will present the Utah premiere of Prayer for the French Republic by Joshua Harmon. PTC is among the first theatre companies in the nation to be granted the rights to the three-time Tony-nominated play. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Pioneer Theatre Company Presents Tony And Olivier Award-Winner JERSEY BOYS
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 22, 2024
Pioneer Theatre Company has announced its production of JERSEY BOYS, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical, bringing the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons to the stage.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 22, 2024
Pioneer Theatre Company has announced its production of JERSEY BOYS, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical, bringing the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons to the stage.
Industry Pro Newsletter: Economic Barriers and Ballet: 2024 Data Reports Highlight Challenges
by Alex Freeman - Aug 5, 2024
In this week's newsletter, we look at national trends impacting arts organizations, including financial shifts and attendance barriers from three different data sources. Moving to New York, we cover Soho Rep's relocation, Signature Theatre's interim leadership, and Under the Radar Festival's upcoming season.
by Alex Freeman - Aug 5, 2024
In this week's newsletter, we look at national trends impacting arts organizations, including financial shifts and attendance barriers from three different data sources. Moving to New York, we cover Soho Rep's relocation, Signature Theatre's interim leadership, and Under the Radar Festival's upcoming season.
Pioneer Theatre Company Appoints Adrian Budhu as Managing Director
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 30, 2024
Pioneer Theatre Company has appointed Adrian Budhu as the new Managing Director. Learn more about the position and the company.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 30, 2024
Pioneer Theatre Company has appointed Adrian Budhu as the new Managing Director. Learn more about the position and the company.
Video: Trailer: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Joshua Wright - May 14, 2024
Get a first look at Pioneer Theatre Company's Utah premiere of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, now on stage through May 25th 2024. The musical is written by by Dave Malloy and adapted from Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.
by Joshua Wright - May 14, 2024
Get a first look at Pioneer Theatre Company's Utah premiere of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, now on stage through May 25th 2024. The musical is written by by Dave Malloy and adapted from Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.
Review: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at Pioneer Theatre Company is Deliciously Opulent
by Tyler Hinton - May 13, 2024
Pioneer Theatre Company’s Utah premiere of NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 is deliciously, opulently staged and performed. It is unlikely that the rarely staged musical will ever be seen in the state again in such glorious trappings. Anyone with even a hint of interest should race to PTC to avoid missing out on what patrons will surely be discussing in hushed, reverent tones for seasons to come.
by Tyler Hinton - May 13, 2024
Pioneer Theatre Company’s Utah premiere of NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 is deliciously, opulently staged and performed. It is unlikely that the rarely staged musical will ever be seen in the state again in such glorious trappings. Anyone with even a hint of interest should race to PTC to avoid missing out on what patrons will surely be discussing in hushed, reverent tones for seasons to come.
Video: Go Inside Rehearsals For NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Joshua Wright - Apr 26, 2024
Go inside rehearsals for Pioneer Theatre Company's Utah premiere of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 from May 10-25, 2024. Written by Dave Malloy and adapted from Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, the 12-time Tony-nominated musical is described as follows:
by Joshua Wright - Apr 26, 2024
Go inside rehearsals for Pioneer Theatre Company's Utah premiere of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 from May 10-25, 2024. Written by Dave Malloy and adapted from Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, the 12-time Tony-nominated musical is described as follows:
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