Karen Carpenter is the director of the critically acclaimed Off-Braodway premiere, Harry Townsend’s Last Stand. She is set to direct the upcoming premieres of the new play Re-Wire, and the new musical Brave New World. Karen’s previous Off-Broadway credits include: Delia and Nora Ephron’s Love, Loss And What I Wore, (Drama Desk Award, BWW Audience Favorite, NYT’s Critics Pick); Handle With Care (NYT’s Critics Pick); L.O.V.E.R., Bulldozer; and Witnessed by the World. Regionally, she has directed for the Old Globe Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Bucks County Playhouse, the Contemporary American Theater Festival, and Surflight Theater. In the years Karen served as Artistic Director of the William Inge Theater Festival, and as the Associate Artistic Director of the Old Globe, she produced over 40 plays and musicals, revived their annual Shakespeare Festival. She’s Producing Director of, The Figment Factory. Faculty, Yale School of Drama. Boston University alumna. www.kcdirector.com