Karen is a native Argentinean from Buenos Aires, barrio Caballito. Leaving Buenos Aires and living in Los Angeles has led her to many experiences that has shaped her career. Her multi cultural background allows Karen to bring a unique perspective to all her artistic endeavors.

Ms Anzoategui received her formal theatre training at Loyola Marymount University where she received her Bachelors degree in theatre arts. Her experience spans across all the mediums of theatre including dramaturgy, directing, acting and writing. Karen’s specific expertise lies within the development process of the script through workshop productions. Her development directing credits include Tomato Cans at Moving Arts theatre in Los Angeles, 99 Cent Store Massacre at the Ricardo Moltalban Theatre, Documenting the Undocumented at Casa 0101 with Josefina Lopez as producer and LA VIEWS I at Company of Angels theatre.

Karen started to produce and direct live events including fundraiser burlesque shows for non profits as a founder of LA Burlesque. Her producing and directing of these fundraising events for AIDS awareness lead her to produce and direct live shows at the M Bar in Hollywood, The Whiskey in Hollywood, and The Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas as sponsors of Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender in 2008. Her reputation within the Latino community started to take off and Ms Anzoategui was led to her first spanish short film directing credit, La Familia Sana for Cal State Fullerton.

Karen’s experience producing burlesque shows led her to produce stand up comedy shows at the Alexandria Hotel where her comedic writing was put to test. Karen has had a successful ongoing comedy show after Downtown LA’s very own Artwalk called L.O.Licious! LA Times covered her debut show in February of this year.

Her second short film, Swine Flew, is in pre production. Swine Flew is story of LA police officers blamed for the Swine Flu epidemic, making them go beyond their human boundaries to show the world they are innocent before getting slaughtered.

Karen has been a playwright since her beginnings, writing her one woman show and becoming a promising, prolific performing artist, leading her one woman show titled Ser, to the REDCAT theatre at Disney Hall in 2008. She is currently in development stages with her full one act solo show to be presented at Company of Angels Theatre for a reading in September. Karen worked closely with dramaturg Che’rae Adams for the culmination in September. Ser is the story of Karen’s experience growing up as an Argentine in Los Angeles’ dominant Mexican culture. “Through the passions and politics of a soccer match, solo theater artist Anzoategui explores the complexities of Latino identity in Los Angeles, and the nuances of being born to Argentine parents in a predominantly Mexican community” REDCAT. Karen’s ability to integrate tango music with modern speech and poetry makes SER a theatrical journey into the life of an Argentinean girl trying to find herself in her culture and her own community.

Karen is currently acting in Independent Shakespeare Company’s Henry V at Barnsdall Park. Her upcoming performing art piece written and performed by her will be ProCLITvities at Highways Theatre in Santa Monica as part of the Latino Works Festival in September. ProCLITvities is an erotic show by all Latina Women where Karen plans to bring another perspective of the Tango to the stage.