a brief history

Kara is a writer and dramaturg based in Brooklyn, NY. Their plays have been presented at The Brick, New York City Fringe, Fresh Ink Theatre, Breadcrumbs Productions, STUDIO'62 at Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Celebration Barn, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, and Yale University. Kara has served as a historical consultant for television projects in development with Jeff Augustin, Apple TV, Hulu, and Element Pictures. They have dramaturged new work at The Brick, Whitney Center for the Arts, Williams College, and Ohio State University. 

Kara is the 2023-24 Hubbard Hutchinson Fellow in Theatre. Other recognitions include the Queerly Award at NYC Fringe, Dunbar Writing Prize, Graver Prize in Theatre Criticism, and Bullock Poetry Prize. She has been a finalist for Spectrum Theater Ensemble’s New Play Festival, Central Square Theatre’s YU Playwriting Fellowship, and Company One's Volt Lab and a semi-finalist for SheNYC. 

Kara holds a B.A. in History and Theatre from Williams College, where she graduated magna cum laude.