Karin Trachtenberg, a part-time Vermonter with a home in Bethel, brings 30 years of experience in the theater as an actor, director, producer and arts administrator. She holds a masters degree in Dance Movement therapy from Lesley University and attended drama school in London where she appeared at the Young Vic. She has taught theater, movement and theater education at Clark University, Lesley University’s Creative Arts in Education Program, Pine Manor College and The Schauspiel Gemainschaft in Zurich Switzerland. She has directed adult and children’s theater for the Framingham Public Schools, Framingham State College and the Performing Arts Center of Metrowest. She ran a teen theater troupe “Project DEPTH (Drug Education thru Participatory Theater) which traveled to Massachusetts Schools performing original skits dealing with issues of peer pressure, racism, bullying, homophobia, and AIDS/HIV education. Karin worked for many years as an arts administrator with the Massachusetts Cultural Council (the state Arts Agency) advocating for community arts and artists. Currently she is an entrepreneur by day, a performer by night appearing in professional theater venues in the Boston area, and her most important role of all…parenting two wonderful children. |
Karen Maloney. Karen is thrilled to be part of SLAMVermont. Both her parents were born in Bennington, VT and she spent many happy summers visiting family and friends. She produced, directed and performed in Deviant Women (For Women Only-And Men Who Dare) which premiered at the Provincetown Theatre Company. Deviant Women has also been performed at the famous Chashama Theatre , an Off Broadway venue, Karen was nominated for Best Solo Female Actor by Spotlight On productions in NYC for her portrayal of Calamity Jane in Deviant Women. She also brought the show to Boston as a reading with TheatreZone. Other favorite roles include First Witch in MacBeth and Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Ethel Rosenberg in Angels in America, Mrs. Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank,. Flora and Bessie in Two by Tenn(esse Williams). Karen has produced and directed many plays over her 40 years in theatre. She was the Marketing Director for the Provincetown Fringe Festival from 2001- 2007. The festival invited performance artists from all over the world to participate in this event. An average of 30 different groups participated each year, and Karen was responsible for coordinating and marketing these artists. |
