KAREN DEMAURO

421 West 24th Street, #5D
New York, New York 10011

212-675-6944

AEA / AFTRA
Actress, Dancer, Singer (Mezzo)

REPRESENTATIVE ROLES
NIGHT OF THE IGUANA
Dir. Anne Bogart/Estrella
Maxine
THE BACCHAE
With Jacqueline Brookes
Choreophagus
FACES OF GOD
Dir. Gregory Abels
Julian Of Norwich
THE WORKING THEATRE
With Joseph Chalkin
Ensemble
ABOUT MEN
With Phyllis Chesler
Mrs. Tillich
ELEEOMOSYNARY Artie
DUSE AND BERNHARDT Sarah Bernhardt
THE THREEPENNY OPERA Mrs. Peachum
COME BACK... JIMMIE DEAN Joanne
 
INTERNATIONAL AND US TOURS
FOOTFALLS (JAPANESE PREMIERE) May
RIDERS TO THE SEA Maurya
NYFA ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
1980-2001
10 roles /year 150 days/year
 
REGIONAL AND STOCK
THE BELLE OF AMHERST Emily Dickinson
THE CRUCIBLE Elizabeth Proctor
DAMES AT SEA Mona Kent
KISS ME KATE Bianca
THE MOUSETRAP Mollie Ralston
THE FANTASTICKS Louisa
SAINT JOAN Joan
BECKETT The Young Queen
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Gwendolyn
SHAKESPEAREAN WOMEN Gertrude / Helena
FILM AND TELEVISION
CNBC-TV “THE MONEY CLUB” Featured guest
JOE CHAIKIN “GOING ON” Ensemble
CBS DOCUMENTARY THE LIVING HISTORY Elizabeth
CNN-TV “THE WAR SHOW” Commentator
PLACES WORKED
THE MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB MABOU MIMES
THE UNITED NATIONS (Special Assembly) BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY (Faculty)
THEATREWORKS USA THEATRE CENTRE LTD. / LONDON
THE CATHEDRAL OF ST.JOHN THE DIVINE NY COM. FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
MARBLE COLLEGIATE CHURCH NY FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
BOSTON UNIVERSITY (BFA) NOHO THEATRE COMPANY - KYOTO
ARTPARK ('83 - '94) THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL - (Guest Artist)
TRAINING
ACTING VOICE BODYWORK

Peter Kass
Ted Kasanoff

Kristin Linklater AIKIDO: Yamada Sense!
George Morrison Roy Hart Company YOGA: Amrit Desai, ———_Michael Lee
Albert Tavares Joan Lader TAI CHI: Don Ahn
Bill Hickey Debbie Lapidus NOH: Michishige Uclaka
Maxine Kline DANCE ALEXANDER:
Judy Liebowitz,
Geraldine Fitzgerald JoJo Smith (Jazz) PLAYWRITING
Harold Guskin Irene Comer (Ballet)

Jean Claude Van Itallie

Brian Jones (Tap)

 

A Brief Overview:

Inspired by Chaikin, Van Itallie, and The Open Theatre work in the late 60’s Karen De Mauro moved to NY after a decade of performing in musicals, classical plays and training in England with Brian Way and in Boston at BU’s School of Fine Arts.

She joined The Working Theatre a collaborative of Chaikin, Linklater, and Kass and also took a job in casting at the Manhattan Theatre Club. During this time she continued to perform Off-Broadway in such shows as The Bacchae. And she directed for the United Nations and worked as an Actress-in-Residence for the NY Foundation for the Arts and Theatreworks USA.

Her next major move was to Japan where she performed the American premiere of Samuel Beckett’s Footfalls. Karen was honored to be chosen as one of the first Western women to practice and perform the sacred Noh Theatre at Yasaka Shrine. Since the mid-80’s she has continued to incorporate the spiritual practices of Eastern Theatre into her Western performances.

De Mauro’s work in the 90’s centered around creating original musicals in schools and communities all over the United States and in building a solo performance career. As an adult storyteller she expanded her internal work to include the National Storytelling Association's vast network of community festivals. Her legit theatre work during this time shifted to coaching Broadway actors as well as corporate executives in presentation skills. She produced and acted in several shows such as Faces of God and Duse and Bernhardt.

Karen’s next acting project is a new show about Rachel Carson. She is also putting the finishing touches on her book Acting as a Way which will be published early in 2002.