Karen Eleanor Wight

BOOK WITH ME!

- Are you playing multiple characters in a production, and want to delineate them physically?
- Have you been cast in a role that requires a strong physical trait?
- Are you directing a production, and would like to help your actors make more specific and theatrical choices?
- Are you producing an immersive theatre piece, and want to infuse more theatricality?
- Does your comedic piece need more physical comedy?

I’m available for private coaching for a minimum of 2 hours, or can be brought in to a rehearsal to guide a particular scene or actor.

Contact me directly for my rate and with any questions.


Karen’s understanding of movement and physicality adds another dimension to improvisational comedy.
— Jill Bernard, Twin Cities Improv Festival

 MOVEMENT CREDITS

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MOVEMENT COACHING

The Visitation, Off-Broadway Immersive Theatre Experience, Witness Immersive Productions
No Proscenium Review

The Screwtape Letters, Off-Broadway & National Tour, Fellowship for Performing Arts
Newsweek Review

The Great Divorce, Off-Broadway & National Tour, Fellowship for Performing Arts
New York Times Review

Mark’s Gospel, Regional Tour, Fellowship for Performing Arts

 

INTENSIVES

Magnet Theater, NYC

OKC Improv, Oklahoma City, OK

Byrd Productions, Kansas City, MO

Austin Hideout Theatre, Austin, TX

Covert Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand

K2 Productions, Wellington, New Zealand

 

FESTIVAL TEACHING ARTIST

Palm Beach Improv Festival, Palm Beach, FL
Seattle Festival of Improv Theatre, Seattle, WA
Baltimore Improv Festival, Baltimore, MD
Red Dirt Festival, Okc, OK
Philly Duo Fest, Philadelphia, PA
Out of Bounds West Fest, Santa Monica, CA
San Francisco Improv Festival, San Francisco, CA
Austin’s Out of Bounds Fest, Austin, TX
Providence Improv Festival, Providence, RI
Miami Improv Fest, Miami, FL
Louisville Improv Festival, Louisville, KY
Comedy Gumbo Festival, Charlottesville, VA
Courageous Mongoose Festival, WKU, Bowling Green, KY
Oberlin Improv Conference, Oberlin, OH
Gulf Coast Comedy Festival, Seaside, FL
Toronto Jamboree, Toronto, Canada
TV2 Laugh Fest, Auckland, New Zealand

 PRESS + REVIEWS

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Karen Wight’s understanding of movement and physicality adds another dimension to improvisational comedy. Getting trapped in a ‘talking heads’ scene becomes impossible after working with her. Her teaching style is gentle and direct, a completely unintimidating introduction to the world of physical comedy.
— Jill Bernard, Director of Education Twin Cities Improv Festival, Minneapolis MN
Karen Eleanor Wight’s physical work as the imp Toadpipe is exceptional...[her] ability to switch and create new characters was terrific...[she] added an element of humor that helped lighten the evening.
— About.com
..she manages not only to enact all the other parts... but to convey the degraded animality of pure evil. Slithering around a distinctly dank and dungeoun-like set, her creepy pantomimes brilliantly counterpoint Screwtape’s bombastic rants.
— Blog Critics Magazine