UPDATES:
Karina is thick into the rehearsal process for the upcoming LA Premiere of Tommy's Smith's celebrated play WHITE HOT! Featured at The Asylum Theatre as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival! Tickets are already going: Find them and more info at: http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/1230
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Click HERE to watch selected Karina scenes from Matthew Puccini's Milo Chasing Margot Forever!
You can also watch the trailer: http://vimeo.com/57117861
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You can also watch the trailer: http://vimeo.com/57117861
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Karina was recently cast Adam Cosco's thrilling project Personal Demons. The trailer was shot and the kickstarter campaign to raise money for the feature has launched. Please watch the trailer HERE and help make this indie dream a reality!!http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1489464/personal-demons-feature-film
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Karina recently wrapped shooting the NYU Graduate project Soul Stealer down at Strategic Operations in San Diego! Check out the rough-cut teaser trailer to this beautiful story about a female engagement team in their last week in Afghanistan:
Working with director Shawn Spitler on Soul Stealer
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Karina was recently invited to be a company member in Los Angeles' up and coming theatre company, The Vagrancy. Check out this welcoming interview they did on her:
http://thevagrancytheatrecompany.blogspot.com/2012/11/introducing-actress-karina-wolfe.html
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http://thevagrancytheatrecompany.blogspot.com/2012/11/introducing-actress-karina-wolfe.html
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Look out for poignant and darkly comedic feature Karina worked on last year, CXL. Coming out soon from director Sean Gillane. Watch the trailer here:
https://vimeo.com/51766635
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2182267/
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https://vimeo.com/51766635
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2182267/
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Karina was recently booked on a high-scale short film called Spirit Machine (Spin Dry Productions) in which she played a famous early 20th Century Medium. More news on this project to come, but meanwhile enjoy this teaser trailer and help support this project on Kickstarter! (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/12806/the-spirit-machine-a-little-film-with-big-fx)
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Threshold, a short film by Rouzbeh Rakhsha (Tiam Films) starring Bobak Bakhtiari, Vida Ghahremani and Karina Wolfe was just selected for Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner.
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3GT's The Right Thing Gets Some Great Press!!!
THE RIGHT THING by AJ Baker just got a rave review from critic Jean Schiffman who writes for The SF Examiner and the SF arts insert to the Sunday New York Times. She calls the play a "smart world premiere" and says it's "an intriguing tale of high-level greed, ruthlessness and moral bankruptcy that keeps us guessing, as new allegations and secrets are gradually revealed, and iffy new strategies plotted." She applauds the playwright, the superstar cast, the director and our new company! http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/theater/2012/03/new-troupe-tells-intriguing-tale-greed#ixzz1pAWCdKv1
The Bay Guardian also did a full photo essay on the show this week: (http://www.sfbg.com/pixel_vision/2012/03/12/live-shots-womens-history-month-office-intrigue-3-girls-theatre) and SFBG'S theatre critic Rob Avila writes that THE RIGHT THING " takes issues of sexual politics and power in its high-powered setting and cracks them against the everyday familial and social dynamics that are perhaps a casualty of the corporate ethos…"
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THE RIGHT THING by AJ Baker just got a rave review from critic Jean Schiffman who writes for The SF Examiner and the SF arts insert to the Sunday New York Times. She calls the play a "smart world premiere" and says it's "an intriguing tale of high-level greed, ruthlessness and moral bankruptcy that keeps us guessing, as new allegations and secrets are gradually revealed, and iffy new strategies plotted." She applauds the playwright, the superstar cast, the director and our new company! http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/theater/2012/03/new-troupe-tells-intriguing-tale-greed#ixzz1pAWCdKv1
The Bay Guardian also did a full photo essay on the show this week: (http://www.sfbg.com/pixel_vision/2012/03/12/live-shots-womens-history-month-office-intrigue-3-girls-theatre) and SFBG'S theatre critic Rob Avila writes that THE RIGHT THING " takes issues of sexual politics and power in its high-powered setting and cracks them against the everyday familial and social dynamics that are perhaps a casualty of the corporate ethos…"
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*Karina has recently been invited to be an associate artist with San Francisco's 3Girls Theatre Company, and is beginning rehearsals for the launch of their inaugural season opener: THE RIGHT THING a world premiere by AJ BAKER.
Starring: Catherine Castellanos*, John Flanagan*, Lol Levy*, Louis Parnell*, Helen Shumaker, Karina Wolfe.
Directed by Suze Allen.
MARCH 8 – APRIL 1
PREVIEW THURSDAY MARCH 8 7:30 PM
FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS, 8 PM
SUNDAYS (EXCEPT MARCH 11), 4 PM
BACKER APPRECIATION NIGHT: SATURDAY, MARCH 17 8 PM (everyone welcome)
SPECIAL INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE: MONDAY, MARCH 19 7:30 PM
http://3girlstheatre.org/
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*Karina Wolfe Up For the 2011 BroadwayWorld San Francisco Awards!
Karina is up for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Desdemona in DESDEMONA: A PLAY ABOUT A HANDKERCHIEF (Boxcar Theatre). http://sanfrancisco.broadwayworld.com/vote2011region.cfm?region=SanFrancisco
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REVIEWS:
SF Weekly Review For Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief by Lily Janiak:
"But the more static scenes require actresses of more mettle to keep things interesting. Wolfe makes for a perfect Desdemona, a bully, straight out of Mean Girls, who makes you alternately squirm and sympathize."...
Sara Couden Review of Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief:
"Karina Wolfe does a great job of playing this version of the character as manipulative, rather unlikeable, and yet extroardinarily sympathetic--her Desdemona, we realize, is a woman who simply can't be satisfied by the world she lives in."
http://sracouden.blogspot.com/2011/09/brief-plug.html
"But the more static scenes require actresses of more mettle to keep things interesting. Wolfe makes for a perfect Desdemona, a bully, straight out of Mean Girls, who makes you alternately squirm and sympathize."...
Sara Couden Review of Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief:
"Karina Wolfe does a great job of playing this version of the character as manipulative, rather unlikeable, and yet extroardinarily sympathetic--her Desdemona, we realize, is a woman who simply can't be satisfied by the world she lives in."
http://sracouden.blogspot.com/2011/09/brief-plug.html
SF Bay Gaurdian Review by Ariel Soto-Suver:
"All the actors held their ground while playing either a super-smart judge or a super-slimy ex-boss, but the real fireball of the show was spunky-punk Sam- the sexual harrassment victim-- played by Karina Wolfe. With a red head of hair and serious Madonna lace gones, Wolfe's character brought something colorful and quirky to the world of "execute Barbies."
http://www.sfbg.com/pixel_vision/2012/03/12/live-shots-womens-history-month-office-intrigue-3-girls-theatre
SF Examiner Review for The Right Thing by Jean Schiffman:
"Credit powerhouse actor Catherine Castellanos as the train wreck of a central character and the rest of the able cast.... She may indeed have sexually harassed a teenage girl employee, portrayed with just the right degree of adolescent rage by Karina Wolfe..."
http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/theater/2012/03/new-troupe-tells-intriguing-tale-greed#ixzz1pAWCdKv1
Richard Connema's Review for The Right Thing:
"Many of the scenes are well done especially the confrontation scenes between Zell and her attorney and the scenes between her and her godchild....Karina Wolfe as the godchild Sam Curtin gives a genuine performance dressed as a punk child. Her confrontation scene with Zell is a high point of this rapid pace drama."
http://www.richardconnemaforallevents.blogspot.com/2012/03/3-girls-theatre-presents-aj-bakers.html
"All the actors held their ground while playing either a super-smart judge or a super-slimy ex-boss, but the real fireball of the show was spunky-punk Sam- the sexual harrassment victim-- played by Karina Wolfe. With a red head of hair and serious Madonna lace gones, Wolfe's character brought something colorful and quirky to the world of "execute Barbies."
http://www.sfbg.com/pixel_vision/2012/03/12/live-shots-womens-history-month-office-intrigue-3-girls-theatre
SF Examiner Review for The Right Thing by Jean Schiffman:
"Credit powerhouse actor Catherine Castellanos as the train wreck of a central character and the rest of the able cast.... She may indeed have sexually harassed a teenage girl employee, portrayed with just the right degree of adolescent rage by Karina Wolfe..."
http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/theater/2012/03/new-troupe-tells-intriguing-tale-greed#ixzz1pAWCdKv1
Richard Connema's Review for The Right Thing:
"Many of the scenes are well done especially the confrontation scenes between Zell and her attorney and the scenes between her and her godchild....Karina Wolfe as the godchild Sam Curtin gives a genuine performance dressed as a punk child. Her confrontation scene with Zell is a high point of this rapid pace drama."
http://www.richardconnemaforallevents.blogspot.com/2012/03/3-girls-theatre-presents-aj-bakers.html
FringeNYC Festival Review by Roger Nasser:
"Watching these two actresses is surely a delight. They have amazing chops as performers and delve into the characters with force. My main problem with Fancy Guts & Ghosts is that it is really short. I wanted more. That isn't a bad thing though—I was taken by them into this world that they created and I loved it.
Fancy Guts & Ghosts is a FringeNYC Festival gem. It reminded me of the early days of the festival, when there were more experimental shows that relied more on the performances and less on a gimmick. These two women handle their material and subject matter with poise and sincerity. They bring humor and honesty to their work. I sincerely hope that these two amazing performers keep bringing great works to the stage."
"Watching these two actresses is surely a delight. They have amazing chops as performers and delve into the characters with force. My main problem with Fancy Guts & Ghosts is that it is really short. I wanted more. That isn't a bad thing though—I was taken by them into this world that they created and I loved it.
Fancy Guts & Ghosts is a FringeNYC Festival gem. It reminded me of the early days of the festival, when there were more experimental shows that relied more on the performances and less on a gimmick. These two women handle their material and subject matter with poise and sincerity. They bring humor and honesty to their work. I sincerely hope that these two amazing performers keep bringing great works to the stage."
SF Examiner Review of The Lion in Winter by Jim Stroupe:
"Karina Wolfe’s Princess Alais Capet is charmingly dangerous as she tries to force a murderous choice on Henry. "
"Karina Wolfe’s Princess Alais Capet is charmingly dangerous as she tries to force a murderous choice on Henry. "
Betty Does Article: Cinnamon & Scripts: Karina Wolfe, by Jesse Silver
"The first time I saw Karina on stage I specifically remember a moment when, during the most emotional point in her performance, all the shuffles of the squeaky audience seats ceased. The room went absolutely silent. Fluid and raw, her performance stole us all."
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"The first time I saw Karina on stage I specifically remember a moment when, during the most emotional point in her performance, all the shuffles of the squeaky audience seats ceased. The room went absolutely silent. Fluid and raw, her performance stole us all."
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ARTICLE/INTERVIEWS
Spotlight on the Actor: Karina Wolfe on Kombucha, publically displaying sexuality and the end of time. An Interview by Caitlin Hart for AThroughZ Productions
Cinnamon & Scripts: Karina Wolfe
An Article by Jesse Silver for Betty Does
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