KAREN HAMM

Originally from Winnipeg, Karen has Directed, Acted and Produced theatre for 35 years across Canada. Although she has worked with countless theatre companies, her greatest accomplishment was founding Hamm It Up Productions in Winnipeg and acting as its Artistic Director.   In 1996, she began the Manitoba Regional Tournament of the Canadian National Improv Games and the first Winnipeg Improv Festival. Some of her other favourite projects include playing Brenna in Baloney! (Manitoba Theatre for Young People),  playing Joey in Chasing the Money (Manitoba Theatre for Young People People),  Directing The Shakespeare Show, or How an Illiterate Son of a Glover Became the Greatest Playwright in the World (Monster Theatre), co-directing The Tyler Sisters as well as Calendar Girls (Leather and Lace Theatre) with Maryth Gilroy and The Swearing Jar (Deep Cove Stage Society) with Sandra Medeiros. She is currently one third of the Artistic Direction team with Curious Cats Theatre Collective and is looking forward to again directing The Best Restaurant in the World.  Ever. with them in November 2025.

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