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Lizzy Karp

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Born and raised in Los Angeles, Lizzy Karp spent most of her childhood in the theater. She began her acting career at the age of eight, with the production, Good Things Come In Small Packages  Since then, she’s been involved in over forty productions including seven shows with the Hollywood based Ethos Theatre Company. Some of Lizzy’s favorites roles to date: The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank), Twelfth Night (Feste), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena) and For Whom The Southern Belle Tolls  (Amanda).  

She is currently studying Theater, Psychology, and Early Childhood Education at Skidmore College in upstate New York and has spent the past few years assistant directing, stage managing, lighting, and producing numerous shows in the L.A. area.  Currently, she’s ASM on Under Milkwood by Dylan Thomas. Her education also includes a summer at the National High School Institute at Northwestern University studying acting, viewpoints, Shakespeare and Chekhov and a summer at Yale University studying screenwriting with Michael Nolan.

She recently co-directed, produced, and acted in Eating Out, a play performed in order to educate others about the prevalence of eating disorders and you may remember her as an American Bandstand dancer on the hit NBC drama, American Dreams, alongside Peter Spellos. After graduating Skidmore, Lizzy hopes to start her own theater company in either Los Angeles or New York .