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An Innovators, Artists & Solutions Conversation: a Repost of a Theatre in Community Conversation with Karen L. B. Evans
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An Innovators, Artists & Solutions Conversation: a Repost of a Theatre in Community Conversation with Karen L. B. Evans

With Hosts Elizabeth Bruce and Michael Oliver

Today, we repost a Theatre in Community conversation with playwright and theatre entrepreneur Karen L. B. Evans. More than just a playwright and educator, Karen is an innovator with her work as CEO of StarRoute19, an educational software company. She is also President and Founder of the Black Women Playwrights’ Group.

Her current project is 12@12 noon and 12 Line Wonder, its educational counterpart, both private SMS (aka text messages) that deliver 12-line dramatic scenes to your mobile home or tablet. She's also a tech entrepreneur and seasoned non-profit and operations manager. Karen has received individual fellowships in playwriting from both the National Endowment for the Arts and the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

She was a Helen Hayes Award nominee for Outstanding New Play, as well as a Sundance Institute finalist. She has participated in the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. Karen is a recipient of the John F. Kennedy Center's Front and Center Award. She is also a recipient of a fellowship from the Weisberg Foundation to attend a playwriting seminar at New York's primary stages. She holds a BA with honors in drama from Dartmouth College and an MFA in playwriting from the Catholic University of America.

For more information about Karen, click here and here.

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Creativists in Dialogue
Creativists in Dialogue Podcast
Welcome to Creativists in Dialogue, a podcast embracing the creative life, with your hosts Elizabeth Bruce and Michael Oliver. In this weekly podcast, we interview people from all walks of life about the role that creativity plays in shaping who they are. We explore creativity at both the practical level, and the process level.
We also, on occasion, delve into the philosophical dimensions of creativity—that might have influenced a person’s life and work.
Importantly, not all the people we interview are “Artists”—though some are—but they all live their creativity every day in their fields of expertise, their relationships, and beyond.
In other words, we approach creativity as a vital force to a healthy life. Not only does it change the world but it changes who a person is and how they see themselves.