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- About Me:
- Karen Libman, Associate Professor of Theatre and Interim Chair of the Department of Art and Design at Grand Valley State University, holds a B.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University and an M.F.A. in Child Drama from Arizona State University. She taught for several years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, SUNY-Cortland, and Illinois State University before joining the faculty of GVSU in 1999.
National directing credits include Crackerbarrel! (Nebraska Theatre Caravan tour production); The Princess and the Pea, Aladdin (Nebraska Repertory Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Ithaca, New York); The Snow Queen (Mesa, Arizona); and the world premiere of the award-winning play, Rachel’s Night (Bloomington, Illinois). Her work has been seen in Michigan at Heritage Theatre, Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, and Grand Rapids Jewish Theatre.
Libman also performs as a storyteller at festival, museums, and schools such as the Grand Rapids (MI) Art Museum, the Michigan Storytelling Festival, the Kansas City Storytelling Festival, and The Nebraska Storytelling Festival. She has been active in many national and international organizations including the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, the International Drama Education Association, and the Women in Theatre group. Her published work can be seen in such journals as Arts Education Policy Review, Teaching Theatre, Youth Theatre Journal, and Research in Drama Education; and she was the Editor of the quarterly journal STAGE of the Art (published by the American Alliance for Theatre and Education) from 1999-2001. During her 2002 sabbatical, she was a Guest Instructor at the Kaplan Center for Educational Drama at New York University. She also premiered the one-woman show, Virginia Woolf: the Last Day, which was written for her by Florida Playwright Richard Janaro. The Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Association honored Libman for her Meritorious Achievement in Directing in 1999, and she was named the Woman Artist of the Year by the Lincoln-Lancaster Women’s Commission in 1998. In 2006, she was honored by the university with the Women and Gender Studies Program Barbara Jordan Award.
- Website:
- http://www.gvsu.edu/theatre
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OK, let's be honest....
You MUST be in your early 80s, right?
With your background, experience, accomplishments, awards, etc. -
come on - maybe mid-eighties???
Regardless, it's an awesome record, I don't care what anyone says - so, sincere congratulations on your work.
This site may be right down your alley - it's awesome, too. You surely know many, if not most, of the professionals onsite, and I know they are glad you found your way here, as am I.
Check (but take a little time) out the offerings, the various pages, the multiple opportunities - it's a "handful of wonderfulness"!
I hope you will take time to share of your wealth of experience and knowledge with "the folks" who reside here - it would be a real treat for them, and a treasure, to boot.
I wish you deep fulfillment and continued success as you carry on your most excellent work; hope our paths cross at some point.
My Best Wishes to you, my warm greetings and, again, my Welcome!
Sincerely,
Tom Taylor - Deep in the Heart of Texas
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