BROADWAY
Karen appeared with Jim Dale in Barnum as Susan B. Anthony. She also appeared as Chestnut in Strider: the Story of a Horse after originating the role Off-Broadway, and in Arsenic and Old Lace with Jean Stapleton.
Karen appeared with Jim Dale in Barnum as Susan B. Anthony. She also appeared as Chestnut in Strider: the Story of a Horse after originating the role Off-Broadway, and in Arsenic and Old Lace with Jean Stapleton.
OFF BROADWAY
Karen originated a number of leading roles, including Henrietta in Charles Bush and Rusty Magee’s The Green Heart (Manhattan Theatre Club,) K.C. in Craig Lucas and Craig Carnelia’s Three Postcards (Playwrights Horizons), Lillian Hellman and Howard Hughes in Ann Bogart’s 1951 (New York Theatre Workshop) and St. Hildegarde in Randolyn Zinn’s The Fourth Woman, (BACA Downtown), performing an aria written for her by Adam Guettel. She also created the role of Anna Akhmatova in Liz Swados’ The Beautiful Lady, which appeared at the Public Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum and at the New Playwrights Theatre in D.C, where she received a Helen Hayes Award nomination for Best Actress.
Karen also played Miss Poppengul in Moonlight and Magnolias, (world premiere, Manhattan Theatre Club), the title role of Tamara at the Park Avenue Armory and Rose in the cult hit Song of Singapore at Irving Place.
Karen originated a number of leading roles, including Henrietta in Charles Bush and Rusty Magee’s The Green Heart (Manhattan Theatre Club,) K.C. in Craig Lucas and Craig Carnelia’s Three Postcards (Playwrights Horizons), Lillian Hellman and Howard Hughes in Ann Bogart’s 1951 (New York Theatre Workshop) and St. Hildegarde in Randolyn Zinn’s The Fourth Woman, (BACA Downtown), performing an aria written for her by Adam Guettel. She also created the role of Anna Akhmatova in Liz Swados’ The Beautiful Lady, which appeared at the Public Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum and at the New Playwrights Theatre in D.C, where she received a Helen Hayes Award nomination for Best Actress.
Karen also played Miss Poppengul in Moonlight and Magnolias, (world premiere, Manhattan Theatre Club), the title role of Tamara at the Park Avenue Armory and Rose in the cult hit Song of Singapore at Irving Place.
RESIDENT THEATRE
Trott also originated a number of leading and feature roles, including Mama in Martha Clarke and Sebastian Barry’s Hans Christian Andersen, (San Francisco’s ACT) and Dasha in Lewis Black and Rusty Magee’s The Czar of Rock and Roll at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC, and at the Alley Theatre in Houston. She created the role of Mrs. Hawkins in Jule Styne’s Pieces of Eight with George Hearn, at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta. Karen also played Delia in Night Seasons, written and directed by Horton Foote at the American Stage Company and appeared with Christopher Walken and Stephen Lang at the American Shakespeare Theatre in Hamlet (Player Queen) and Henry IV, Part 1 (Lady Mortimer.)
Trott also originated a number of leading and feature roles, including Mama in Martha Clarke and Sebastian Barry’s Hans Christian Andersen, (San Francisco’s ACT) and Dasha in Lewis Black and Rusty Magee’s The Czar of Rock and Roll at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC, and at the Alley Theatre in Houston. She created the role of Mrs. Hawkins in Jule Styne’s Pieces of Eight with George Hearn, at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta. Karen also played Delia in Night Seasons, written and directed by Horton Foote at the American Stage Company and appeared with Christopher Walken and Stephen Lang at the American Shakespeare Theatre in Hamlet (Player Queen) and Henry IV, Part 1 (Lady Mortimer.)
FILM
Karen played Maura in John Sayles’ The Return of the Secaucus Seven and appeared with Harvey Keitel in The Men’s Club.
Karen played Maura in John Sayles’ The Return of the Secaucus Seven and appeared with Harvey Keitel in The Men’s Club.
TELEVISION
Trott also played recurring roles as Alice in the ABC TV series City Kids, with Dulé Hill, and as Dr. Tillman on Loving and Connie on The Guiding Light. Karen has also appeared on Law and Order and Law and Order: SVU.
Trott also played recurring roles as Alice in the ABC TV series City Kids, with Dulé Hill, and as Dr. Tillman on Loving and Connie on The Guiding Light. Karen has also appeared on Law and Order and Law and Order: SVU.
VOICE OVER
Karen’s voice can be heard on podcasts and in short films produced for The Jewish Heritage Museum, The Paley Center for Media, The Smithsonian Museum and the Archaeological Institute of America. In Pledge This! Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield’s hilarious pilot and sendup of public radio, she plays Announcer and Receptionist. Pledge This!
Karen’s voice can be heard on podcasts and in short films produced for The Jewish Heritage Museum, The Paley Center for Media, The Smithsonian Museum and the Archaeological Institute of America. In Pledge This! Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield’s hilarious pilot and sendup of public radio, she plays Announcer and Receptionist. Pledge This!