Artist Profile
Karen Jean Olds returned to the Chance stage as Kate in Seminar, after playing Pauline in A Bright New Boise, and Dancer in The Eight: Reindeer Monologues. Stage: Ken Park’s The 39 Steps, PVPA and Coyote Stageworks; Don’t Dress For Dinner, ICT; Sheila Callaghan’s World Premiere, Everything You Touch, Boston Court; Dan Dietz’s World Premiere, American Misfit, Boston Court; Becca Wolff’s World Premiere, The Last Days of Mary Stuart, An Electro-Opera, Son of Semele and Tilted Field. Other Favorites: Seth M. Sherwood’s multi-award winning Fruitcake: A short film; Delolo Tv; Wacko Smacko, the series; PJ and Camilla Ochlan’s, awardwinning January; Disney Records VO; audio book for the cult hit series, Dark Shadows: The Haunted Refrain. Raised among the copper mines of Butte, Montana, Karen moved on to receive her BFA from University of Montana, an MFA from UCIrvine, and is a member of AGVA, performing regularly with Disney Entertainment. www.karenjeanolds.com