Degrees:
M.F.A., Folkwang Hochschule, Germany
Barbara Karger was born and raised in Vienna, Austria and received her MFA in Physical Theater at the renowned Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, Germany. She was a founding member of the theater company, Antagon, which toured throughout Europe. As a performer she has worked with various companies including a world tour with the Swiss Mask Theater Troupe “Mummenschanz.” Since the early 90’s she has been directing productions both in the United States and abroad. She has also taught at numerous theater schools and professional theaters around Europe and in the United States, including NYU, The New School and Cooper Union.
In her teaching Barbara focuses on creating a supportive work atmosphere in the studio that allows students to discover and develop their own creativity. They gain access to the self-awareness that is needed for the creative process and learn to integrate the myriad tools of theater training. Taking the theories and traditions that constitute the basis of work in theater they then can apply them to their own work in the future. |
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TLMM-401
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Performance Workshops/Trinity/La MaMa/New York City Performing Arts Program
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TLMM-405
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The Nonprofit Arts Organization/Trinity/La MaMa/New York City Performing Arts Program
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TLMM-411
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Performance Analysis/Trinity/La MaMa/New York City Performing Arts Program
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Linklater voice training with Walton Wilson
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Directing with Anne Bogart
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Viewpoints and Suzuki technique with SITI company
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Directing:
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Lysistrata by Aristophanes, co-directed with M. Preston, Trinity College Theater and Dance Department, Hartford 2006.
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From the Gutter to the Glitter, Bindlestiff Family Circus, co-directed with M. Preston, Theatre for a New City, New York City, 2005.
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Turandot by Carlo Gozzi, co-directed with M.Preston, Trinity College Theatre and Dance Department, Hartford 2004.
Movement Direction / Choreography:
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Life: a Guide for the Perplexed, by Paul Magid, with the Flying Karamazov Brothers, director: Michael Preston, ACT Theatre, Seattle, American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, San Diego Rep., 2004, US Tour 2004-2007.
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Homebody/Kabul, by Tony Kushner, director: Declan Donnellan, New York Theatre Workshop, 2003.
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Noises Off, by Michael Frayn, director: Brook Wetzel, Northern Stage 2001.
Performing:
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Mask Messengers (Mask characters) Faustwork Mask Theater, US and Canada, 1996-2000.
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Too Many Cooks (Waiter) with Bobo Dance Theatre, New York Fringe Festival, 1998.
TV and Film:
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Man lebe überall (Marion), SAT1, German TV, 1996
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Schattenseite (Hannah), by Tina Skrabal, 1994.
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Mummenschanz (Mask Characters), numerous TV appearances on A&E and others, 1989-92.
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Markt (The Woman), WDR, German TV, 1987.
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