Karen Chilton

KAREN CHILTON is a New York-based Writer-Actor. A native of Chicago's South Side, Ms. Chilton received her M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing at NYU-Tisch School of the Arts, and a B.S. degree in Economics from Bradley University. She has extensive musical training from The Chicago Conservatory of Music in classical piano. Her dramatic writing credits include: AFRODISIAC, a Finalist for the 2020 Goldberg Prize; HEIRLOOM (Semi-Finalist O'Neill Nat'l Playwrights Conference 2019); CONVERGENCE (Winner of the New Professional Theatre's Writers Festival). She wrote and performed the libretto for THE SOUL NOW SINGS in collaboration with pianist Damien Sneed, produced by NPR-New York Public Radio (WNYC) in The Greene Space. Her short plays have been produced in the Obie award-winning theater festivals 48 Hours In Harlem and The Fire This Time. She is the recipient of the 2020-2021 Liberation Theatre's Playwriting Fellowship. Her one-act play, BROTHERMINE is currently in development with Plowshares Th