Karen Ludwig (actress)

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Karen Ludwig (born October 9, 1942) [1] is an American actress, director, and teacher.

A native of San Francisco, Ludwig attended San Francisco State College for a year, then moved to New York in 1963.She continued her education at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre there. She studied with Uta Hagen and went on to direct ‘Uta Hagen’s Acting Class(2 part DVD). She performed for two years at the Pioneer Playhouse in Danville, Kentucky. [2]

On Broadway, Ludwig acted in The Devils (1965), The Bacchae (1980), Broadway Bound (1986), and Prelude to a Kiss (1990). [1] She was a member of Andre Gregory's Manhattan Project theatrical company, performing across Europe and the United States in Our Late Night and The Seagull . Ludwig's film debut came in Manhattan where she played Meryl Streep’s lover. She also was in ‘Stanley & Iris’ with Robert deNiro & Jane Fonda, That Awkward Moment and Thirteen Days . Television programs on which she acted include Citizen Cohn , ER , Judging Amy , Law & Order , and Party of Five . [3]

Ludwig has been the director of plays at Circle Repertory Company, Ensemble Studio, The HB Playwright's Theater, NYU School of the Arts, and Theater for the New City. She also wrote and directed one-act plays at The HB Playwright's Theater and Third Stage in Stratford, Canada. [3] She wrote and performed in the autobiographical play Where Was I? in Theatre 54 at Shetler Studios and Joe’s Pub in 2015. [4] Her work behind the camera in film includes directing and writing the short film The Good Stuff. [3]

For seven years, Ludwig taught acting and directing at NYU Film School and USC School for Cinema/TV. Her other activities in education include Word of Mouth (a project in which she directed women in creating their own work) [3] and teaching at Lee Strasberg Institute and Weist-Barron School of Acting. [5] She has also led workshops on "The Power of Communication and Collaboration". She is faculty for 15 years at the School of Drama at The New School and at HB Studio, both in New York. [3] In the late 1980s, she taught a course for female lawyers, helping them to learn to show more emotion as a way of being more effective in court sessions. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Karen Ludwig". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on April 29, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Karen Ludwig, Local Favorite, Tells How She Went From P' Playhouse To Broadway". The Advocate-Messenger. Kentucky, Danville. December 27, 1964. p. 20. Retrieved April 29, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Karen Ludwig". HB Studio. Archived from the original on April 29, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ Levitt, Hayley (September 3, 2015). "Where Was I?". TheaterMania. Archived from the original on April 29, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Actor teaches lawyers to emote". npt2. California, Roseville. The New York Times. September 18, 1988. p. C-7. Retrieved April 30, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
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