Karen Baughm

Karen Baughn is a Los Angeles based teacher, actor, improviser, and writer. A high school apprenticeship with the Idaho Shakespeare festival sparked passion for the theater, which brought her from her hometown of Boise, Idaho all the way to an little corner of Los Angeles to earn her Bachelors in Theater from Occidental College. She also holds a masters in Professional Creative Writing from the University of Denver and certificate of completion from nearly every improv school willing to take her money. When she's not making movies with her partner or doing improv shows with her friends, Karen is teaching. She has been honored to teach with so many wonderful schools, some of her favorites being The American Music and Dramatic Academy, Occidental Children's Theater,  A Time for Dance, and, of course, Shakespeare Kids. She has also opened up her own improv school, The Shared Experience Studio, for ongoing advanced improv training.  

Having run the Shakespeare, Improv, Stage Combat & History classes at Huckleberry from 2010-2016, she is super excited her schedule opened up to return full-time teaching Storytime, Comedy Improv and directing the Musical next school year on Tuesdays at Huck!