BIOGRAPHICAL

Karen Eterovich

A member of Screen Actors Guild and Actors' Equity Association, Karen has toured extensively throughout the United States. She played Mariana in All's Well That Ends Well with Theresa Wright, directed by Michael Kahn, and appeared in The Merchant of Venice with Brian Bedford and Kelly McGillis, directed by Michael Langham, both at the Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger in Washington, D.C. She was named "Best Actress in a Comedy" for her performance as Babe in Crimes of the Heart at the Phoenix Theatre and was twice a regional favorite for the American College Theatre Festival's Irene Ryan Award. Some favorite regional roles include Hero in Much Ado About Nothing and Anne Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor (Indianapolis Shakespeare Festival); Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (Indiana Repertory Theatre); Masha in The Three Sisters and Alma in Summer and Smoke (both directed by Paul Giovanni).

Other regional theatre credits include appearances with the Cleveland Public Theatre and a national tour with ArtReach Touring Theater. Karen was a member of the Resident Professional Acting Company at Cornell University, where she first became 'acquainted' with Aphra Behn while playing Angelica Bianca in Behn's The Rover. She began developing Love Arm'd in 1994 at the Womenkind Festival in TriBeCa. Other New York City credits include her highly acclaimed portrayal of Viv in Tom & Viv with Prufrock Productions, and Jane Austen in Innocent Diversions by Lynn Marie Macy at Theater Ten Ten. With Kings County Shakespeare Company she played Florinda in The Rover at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, as well as Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream; and her Fabienne in Twelfth Night was praised as 'wonderfully funny' by The New York Times. Karen's film work includes the part of Mirabel in Modern Love, directed by Robby Benson.