UPCOMiNG
YALE OPERA SEASON 2026-27:
Mozart’s Così fan tutte
Shubert Theatre Feb 20 and 21
Ravel’s L’heure espagnole & selections from Werther
Sprague Hall May 8 and 9
BIO
KAREN ROOT has been designing for Yale Opera since 2022 designing The Turn of the Screw, La Boheme, Iolanta, The Seven Deadly Sins, Gianni Schicchi, The Rake’s Progress, Fall Opera Scenes, The Rape of Lucretia, Le comte Ory and L’elisir d’amore. Selected theatre set design credits include: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Elm Shakespeare), Gallathea (Southern Connecticut State University), The Tempest (Elm Shakespeare), Taste of Fear (Elm Shakespeare), All About Image/We Are the Elite (NY International Fringe Festival), Great Catherine (Helen Gardiner Phalen Playhouse), Like Mamma Made You (Factory Theatre). Other theatre credits include: The Comedy of Errors, and Elm Shakespeare Youth Festival (Elm Shakespeare), La Ronde (Soulpepper Theatre Company), The Seagull (Stratford Festival), Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Helen Gardiner Phalen Playhouse). Karen has served as Guest Designer and Adjunct Professor at Southern Connecticut State University. She is also an Emmy nominated and Parent’s Choice Award winning production designer.
SELECTED AWARDS
EMMY NOMINATION FOR KIDS NATURE SERIES:
DISCOVERY CHANNEL, ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE AWESOME
PARENTS CHOICE AWARDS FOR NATURE SERIES:
DISCOVERY KIDS, ZACH'S ULTIMATE GUIDE
BROADWAY WORLD BEST PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR CT
BROADWAY WORLD MOST ANTICIPATED PRODUCTION FOR NEXT YEAR CT
EDUCATiON & TRAINiNG
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, TORONTO, ON— HONORS B.A. DRAMA AND ENGLISH, 2001
Graduated summa cum laude-Graduated the top student in the Drama Program
Recipient of 11 awards and scholarships including the John Wolfe McColl Memorial Award in Drama and the Montreal Theatre Festival Travel Scholarship
SKiLLS
Vectorworks / Digital & Hand rendering (mixed media, pen, ink, charcoal, watercolor, illustration marker) / Scenic Painting / Scenic Carpentry / Scale Model Construction / Hand Drafting / Carving / Faux Finishing / Mask Making / Casting /
Hand & Machine Sewing / Dying / Theatrical Makeup / Score Reading /
Curriculum Development / Conversational French / Adobe suite / Microsoft Office
FoR FUN