Kara has a MA in voice from the Central School and Speech and Drama, a MFA in Acting from the University of California, Davis and a BA from the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to formal training she has been mentored at the Royal National Theatre. In New York she taught at NYU Tisch School of Performing Arts, Marymount Manhattan, American Musical Dramatic Academy, NY School of Film & Television and the NY Film Academy. In the UK she has taught at The Actors Centre, Rose Bruford College, Oxford School of Drama, Drama Studio London, and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Kara is based in London and coaches film, TV and theatre. Please see below for some recent credits.
BBC World Service interview with me
How to speak like a Texan, a programme on why we have so many accents, produced
by CrowdScience for the BBC World Service.
The Royal Family Channel visiting backstage at Dear Evan Hansen
Prince William and Kate Middleton attend the gala performance of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and thought the American accents were "incredible and amazing". They felt the British cast "nailed it" with sounding "totally American".
Voice Coaching on Theatre Productions
| Noel Coward Theatre | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Southbank Centre | Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol |
| Donmar Warehouse | Trouble in Butetown |
| Savoy Theatre and Piccadilly Theatre | Pretty Woman |
| Ambassadors Theatre | The Shark is Broken |
| Two Line Productions | Waiting for Lefty |
| Bridge Theatre | Two Ladies |
| O2 Centre | Mamma Mia! The Party |
| London Coliseum | On Your Feet |
| Theatre Royal Bath | Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike |
| Savoy Theatre | 9 to 5 |
| Ambassadors Theatre | Twilight Zone |
| Menier Chocolate Factory | Pack of Lies |
| Everyman | Paint Your Wagon |
| West Yorkshire Playhouse & UK tour | Still Alice |
| Donmar Warehouse | Belleville |
| Hampstead Theatre | Gloria |
| Bush Theatre | Hir |
| Aria Entertainment, UK Tour | The Addams Family |
| Royal Exchange | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| St James | Sideways |
| Sheffield Crucible & New London Theatre | Show Boat |
| Southwark Playhouse | The Late Henry Moss |
| Headlong Theatre | The Glass Menagerie |
| Trafalgar Studios | Hidden in the Sand |
| West Yorkshire Playhouse | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Finborough Theatre | His Greatness |
| The Print Room |
The Kingdom of Earth Act-Terminal 3 |
| Finborough Theatre | His Greatness |
| Chaski’s Theatre Company | New World Playwrights |
| Fresh Glory Productions | Huck Finn |
Film and TV On Set |
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| Apple TV+ | Silo Seasons 1 & 2 | |
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James Kent |
MotherFatherSon episode 7, BBC | |
| Vicky Jewson | Close | |
| Jaume Collet-Serre | The Commuter | |
Film, TV Pre & Post Production
| Catherine Hardwicke | Mafia Mamma |
| History Channel | Built, Series 3, 4 & 5 |
| Channel 4 | Baghdad Central (ADR) |
| Ryühei Kitamura | Doorman |
| Steve Murphy | Home Alone – episode 203 |
| Rob Cowan | Conjuring 2 |
| BBC | Eastenders |
| Martin Owen | Let's Be Evil |
| Studio Ghibli | Only Yesterday |
Video Games and Commercial
List available upon request.
Please contact me using the contact form if you are interested in more information about any of these productions.
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