Karen Sabo
Department
Theatre and Dance
Role: Faculty
Campus: Springfield
Postal mail
Missouri State University
Theatre and Dance
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield,
MO
65897
Details
Education
- BA in Liberal Arts, Hampshire College
- MA in Liberal Studies, East Tennessee State University
- MFA in Theatre Directing, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Teaching
- Directing I
- Directing II
- Tools for the Actor
- Acting IV
Professional experience
- 25-year member of Actors' Equity Association
- Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers
- Member of VASTA (Voice and Speech Trainers Association)
- Work at Clarence Brown Theatre, Pioneer Playhouse, Kentucky Rep, Stage One, New Victory Theatre, Barter Theatre, Theatre Rhinoceros, and others.
- Acting training from the American Conservatory Theatre, SITI, Shakespeare & Co, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Larry Silverberg's Meisner Technique.
Research and professional interests
- Semiotics and Directing
- Public Works Theatre
- Verbatim Plays
- Health and Nutrition for Performers
- Theatre and Democracy
Awards and honors
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
- Nassif Graduate Award, UNCG School of Theatre, 2022
- Recipient, Lyon Fellowship, UNCG Graduate School, 2021-22
- Winner, Three Minute Thesis Competition, UNCG Graduate School, 2021
- Recipient, Leighton M. Ballew Scholarship for Graduate Study in Directing, Southeast Theatre Conference, 2019-2020.
- Professional Development Grant, Graduate Student Association, UNCG, 2020.
- Regional Artist Project Grant, Northwest North Carolina Arts Councils, 2018.
- Most Helpful Faculty/Staff Recognition, Appalachian State University, 2016.
- Faculty Appreciation Award, Appalachian State University Student Government Association, 2015.