For more than 25 years, Karen Curlee appeared in chorus and feature roles on Broadway in six long-running shows (Cats, A Chorus Line, Me and My Girl, Blackstone, The Tap Dance Kid and Showboat ). She has played lead roles in musicals off- Broadway and regionally; roles include Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Marta in Company, Velma Kelly in Chicago,  and Kate in The Taffetas.  She has worked with many of Broadway’s greatest contributors, including Michael Bennett, Hal Prince, Susan Stroman, and Gillian Lind.  She performs her cabaret act in venues throughout New York City, and can heard on cast albums of The Tap Dance Kid and The Taffetas. She has appeared in short films and commercials, and has choreographed Xanadu and Sweeney Todd for Piper Productions.

Karen hails from California, where she graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in theater.  She completed an Arts Administration Certificate Program at New York University while performing on Broadway for four years in Hal Prince’s Showboat.

After performing on Broadway, Karen transitioned into arts education.  She is co-director of Together in Dance, a dance and musical theater education company that reaches more than 4000 NYC children and teens per year. Karen creates residency designs, facilitates professional development and family workshops, and mentors teaching artists. She has directed numerous youth musical theater productions, including 1776, An Immigration Experience, and Memphis.  

She also teaches musical theater, dance and voice, has practiced yoga daily for 18 years, is an avid cyclist, enjoys knitting and her biggest success – her son, filmmaker Gabriel Gomez.  

While Karen's contribution to arts education has been meaningful and satisfying, performing has always been her first love. She is seeking representation and looks forward to the roles that are now available to her as an active and experienced performer.