Karen Robinson
Associate Professor and
Coordinator of Theatre General Education and Theatre Internships

Karen Robinson joined the faculty at Kennesaw State University in January of 2000 as a Core Coordinator and Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies. She teaches courses in directing, performance, dramatic literature and theater appreciation in addition to directing for KSU's production season. Prior to her arrival at KSU she taught and directed theatrical productions at North Carolina School of the Arts and Wake Forest University. Karen is an Associate Artist and Casting Associate at the Georgia Shakespeare Festival where she has directed over eleven productions, in addition to serving as a dramaturg, and stage manager. She has worked as a director, dramaturg, and/or stage manager in New York, North Carolina, and many other theatres throughout the Atlanta area, including Horizon Theatre Company, Seven Stages, Synchronicity Performance Group, Soul-stice Repertory, Theatre Gael and Theatre in the Square. Among her directorial credits are School for Wives, AMADEUS (listed by the AJC as one of the most memorable theatrical productions of 2001), Tartuffe, Saint Joan, The School for Scandal, Much Ado About Nothing (named one of the year's 10 best shows by the Atlanta Journal and Constitution), Love's Labours Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cyrano de Bergerac and The Bourgeois Gentleman. Karen earned her MFA in Directing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, during which time she worked as an Assistant Director Off and Off Off Broadway. She is a member of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Southeastern Theatre Conference, and Actors' Equity Association.

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