Karen Ziemba - Appearences

TONY AWARD WINNER KAREN ZIEMBA

PLANS BUSY SUMMER AND FALL

NY PREMIERE OF NEW PLAY “SHOOTING STAR” AT PENGUIN REP OPPOSITE GREGG EDELMAN THRU AUG. 1;

DEBUTS NEW SOLO CONCERT AT CAPE MAY STAGE ON AUGUST 16 AND THEN HEADS TO SAN DIEGO’S OLD GLOBE TO PLAY ‘KATE JEROME’ IN NEIL SIMON’S “BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS” & “BROADWAY BOUND” IN REPERTORY

Karen is currently starring in the NY Premiere of "Shooting Star," written by Steven Dietz and directed by Joe Brancato, which opened July 9 and continues through August 1 at The Penguin Rep Theatre (www.penguinrep.org) in Stony Point, NY. In the play, two college friends reunite unexpectedly in a snowed-in airport after 25 years. She is appearing opposite 4-time TONY nominee Gregg Edelman (INTO THE WOODS, 1776, ANNA KARENINA and CITY OF ANGELS). The New York Times said “Penguin Rep’s production of 'SHOOTING STAR', directed by Joe Brancato, arrives packaged with plenty of sharp observations, acerbic humor and a pair of irresistible actors. Elena is played by Karen Ziemba, who has made a specialty of spunky, likeable heroines and who knows how to bewitch an audience (even when she's not dancing). The play at Penguin Rep, 7 Cricketown Road, Stony Point, NY continues through August 1^st. For more information call (845) 786-2873 or go to www.penguinrep.org

Karen and Gregg
Karen Ziemba and Gregg Edelman in "Shooting Star"
Photo by John Quilty

On Monday, August 16^th Karen will debut her new cabaret/concert evening at Cape May Stage in Cape May, NJ. Cape May Stage’s Second Stage Broadway Series will present Karen’s solo evening called “Broadway and Beyond” featuring songs by Noel Coward, the Gershwina, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Stephen Sondheim, Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Comden and Green, and Kander and Ebb among others. Karen said: “I am excited and delighted to appear at the Cape May Stage because I consider it my neighborhood theatre. In the summer I live just down the road. My husband’s family has owned a home in Wildwood for several generations.” The 8 PM concert will take place at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse, Bank and Lafayette Streets, Cape May, NJ. For more information call (609) 884-1341. Tickets are $50.

This fall Karen will return to San Diego where she will play ‘Kate Jerome’ in Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical plays BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS and BROADWAY BOUND presented in repertory at the TONY Award-winning Old Globe, under the direction of Scott Schwartz. Karen has previously appeared in The First Wives Club and Six Degrees of Separation at the Old Globe.

Performances begin September 14^th and continue through November 7^th at OLD GLOBE THEATRE, 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, CA

For more information and reservations go to www.theoldglobe.org

And on November 8^th Karen will join host Angela Lansbury and Bebe Neuwirth, Ann Reinking, Chita Rivera and Tommy Tune at City Center for the celebration of the 25^th Anniversary of Career Transitions for Dancers. For more info go to www.careertransition.org/annualgala

In addition to her many awards for CONTACT, Karen won the Outer Critics Circle Award and was nominated for the TONY Award, Drama Desk Award, and The Ovation Award (in LA) for playing ‘Georgia Hendricks’ in CURTAINS, her 8^th Broadway show.

She starred as Roxie Hart in Kander and Ebb’s CHICAGO and as Rita Racine in their STEEL PIER (which was written for her and for which she received her first TONY nomination as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations.) Karen also starred as Polly Baker in the ‘new’ Gershwin musical CRAZY FOR YOU on Broadway and around the country (winning the Joseph Jefferson Award in Chicago, IL.) She also received her 4th TONY nomination for her role in NEVER GONNA DANCE.

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Karen will appear in

SHOOTING STAR
Karen and Gregg

by Steven Dietz at

The Penguin Rep, Stony Point NY

July 9th-Aug.1st

Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba and four-time Tony Award nominee Gregg Edelman star in Steven Dietz's Shooting Star, to run July 9-August 1 at the Penguin Rep Theatre in Stony Point, New York.

Joe Brancato will direct the play, which focuses on two college friends who reunite unexpectedly in a snowed-in airport after 25 years.

Ziemba received the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance in Contact. She also received Tony Award nominations for her work in Steel Pier, Curtains, and Never Gonna Dance.

Edelman received Tony Award nominations for his performances in Into the Woods, 1776, Anna Karenina and City of Angels. His other Broadway credits include Wonderful Town, Passion and Cabaret.

The creative team will include Ken Larson (scenic design), Karen Kinsley (costume design), Martin E. Vreeland (lighting design), and Jack Kennedy (sound design).