The Playwright/Director: Kara-Lynn Vaeni is thrilled that her play Shape, which takes place in a gym in Texas, has found a home with Kitchen Dog Theatre in a gym in Texas! Shape was produced at Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca, NY in 2021 and appeared on the prestigious Kilroy’s List. Kara is delighted to bring Shape to Dallas so that all the people she based the characters on can finally see it! Recent credits include the premiere of David Rabe’s He’s Born, He’s Borne at the Undermain Theatre in Dallas, Witch at Stage West, The Pleasure Trials at Amphibian, and Dance Nation and An Octoroon, both at SMU. Coming up next: POTUS at Stage West in April and The Persians at Undermain in April.

She is on the Acting and Directing faculties of the Yale Summer Conservatory and is an Assistant Professor of Acting at Southern Methodist University. She is a Level 2 Intimacy Director, certified Consent Forward Artist, and a proud member of the Society of Directors and Choreographers.

www.karalynnvaeni.com