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KAREN
VANCE
ACTOR
EDUCATOR
CHOREOGRAPHER
About
"As storytellers, it is imperative to work holistically by bringing the corporeal in relationship with the spirit and the intellectual in our acting process."
Originally from Portland, OR, Karen Vance received her BFA in Acting from Roosevelt University-Chicago College of Performing Arts. Karen signed with Grossman & Jack talent upon graduating and acted and choreographed professionally in the Chicago area until attending graduate school.
Karen completed her MFA in Acting from Michigan State University. With a focus on training both the actor and educator. Karen currently resides in Sacramento, CA working regionally as an actor, choreographer & director .
Karen is also currently a full time Associate Professor of Drama in Acting and Directing for San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, CA.
Actor
Heroes of the
Fourth Turning
-Emily
Retch
-Sam
Teach
“It is not only our job to be good theatre artists, but to be good citizens of the world. The arts offer the potential to bring communities together and provide a platform for civic betterment. My role in the evolving tradition of theatre is to create an environment where students, artists/citizens can grow and become powerful vehicles of change.”
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Directing
Karen has been dancing for almost thirty years and has had the distinct pleasure to choreograph for theatre companies, dance companies and college musicals in California and across the midwest.
Since moving to California Karen has also found another way to bring her kinesthetic love to the stage: stage combat and fight choreography.
Moves
Combat
Dance
Next
October 2024 Karen will be directing a production of Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic for Delta College!
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