Karen Vicks

Karen Vicks has established herself as one of Philadelphias finest actors She is a member of the Screen Actors Guild Aftra and Actors Equity Karen was the Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Acting Studio and is now the Executive Director of Ascension Galleries where she provides private coaching to professional actors She also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Arcadia University teaching Acting in TV and Film Karen has performed in almost every theatre in Philadelphia and has also performed on the west coast Atlanta Boston New York and the BaltimoreDC area Her distinctive voice has led Karen to perform professional script readings for the New City Stage Company in New York and the Philadelphia Film Office Karen has studied with the Negro Ensemble Company in New York and she has been celebrated as a stage director Karen was twice nominated for the Barrymore awards in Philadelphia as Best Actress Best Supporting Actress and the first runnerup for Philly Critics Choice Award as the best leading actress Karen has appeared on television in the Comedy Central television series Broad City the HBO series Veep and had a recurring role in HBOs critically acclaimed series The Wire Some of her other movie credits include Bill Dukes daring independent film Cover In Her Shoes Ladder 49 Beloved and Loving Karen has performed in many other independent films as well Karens most recent performance was as Mama Lena Younger in A Raisin in the Sun at the Triad Theatre in Greensboro NC