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Reflections by Karen Devaney
Performance History 2002-present
Pearson Theatre Sister Marguerite Red Noses
Ives Theatre Brooke Ashton Noises Off
Spreckles Center for
The Performing Arts Self Torture and Strenuous Exercise Adele
Condiotti Experimental Theatre Julie Grammie’s Angel*
Nova Theatre Ghost of Christmas Past Scrooge
Marin Theatre Play with a Tiger Anna
Sonoma Repertory Countess/French Lord All’s Well That Ends Well
Pearson Theatre Zerbinetta Scapino
Ives Theatre Juliana One Simple Story*
Sonoma Repertory Terry Randall Stage Door
Nova Theatre Cleopatra Anthony and Cleopatra
Second Street Theatre Lucy Dracula
Second Street Theatre Fiona How the Other Half Loves
Broadway Theatre Angry Vagina/Crooked Braid Vagina Monologues
Broadway Theatre Vagina Workshop/Memory of Her Face Vagina Monologues
Broadway Theatre Stand up Comedy
Pan Theatre San Francisco Improv/Comedy
Saturday’s Child Philadelphia Night Monologues Sophies Choice/ Darling Face
Sonoma Alliance Suzette Club Gastro Readers Theatre
Sonoma Theatre Alliance Director He Got Wings
Sonoma Theatre Alliance Germaine Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Mission Theatre Company Molly The Community Chest
Thistle Dew Theatre Sissy Consequence of Lies
WM. J. Geery Mama Kelly It’s Only Monsters
Geery Theatre Sophie The Porch
Black Box Theatre TBD Nurse Noelle All Characters
Karen Devaney as Germaine in Steve Martin's Picasso at Lapin Agile was nothing less than brilliant and utterly believable. A must see show that will have you in stitches.
The Sonoma Index Tribune
The Porch
An Original Play by Karen Devaney
The Porch is a Comedy in Two Acts.
It is a timely piece that touches on the current issues of gentrification, ageism, and community. Told through the lens of comedy and camaraderie. The characters struggle, survive, and find they are pledged to one another. The Porch makes you wish you had neighbors like these.
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The Porch Cast
Soapbox Stage Works began in Philadelphia by Karen Devaney, a playwright, performer, director and producer. She wanted to create a space for new works to evolve, grow and thrive.
Now located in the gorgeous Central Coast of California, we at Soapbox want to explore plays and playwrights, that have diligently worked their craft and are looking to workshop their new material. Collaboration with the community along with local performers, directors, and playwrights can build a beautiful place to experience raw theatre that makes you feel, examine, and celebrate and unite in a unique and exciting way.
The hope here at Soapbox is to grow as a local Theatre as well as expand globally to include playwrights from around the world. Karen grew up outside of Washington D.C. and was exposed to the rich texture of a multicultural upbringing. Her passion for stories in all their forms, also stems from being raised in an Irish/Italian family where storytelling was like food, both were an integral part of life.
Karen discovered theatre in second grade but was too shy to peel herself off the sidelines. When she returned to college, after working as a nurse with two young children in tow, her passion for live performance and the collaborative nature of page to stage was reawakened. Karen has been honored with The Irene Ryan award for performing, as well as audience choice awards, and currently has a screenplay that is optioned for production.
For more on Soapbox visit the website soapboxstageworks.org