Kara Cantrell

Kara Cantrell is a lifelong professional actor and educator of stage and screen. She has worked professionally as an arts educator, actor, director, voice over artist, writer, and improvisational performer. Most recently she has served as an Associate Professor at Kennesaw State University in the Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, as well as a teaching artist for the Alliance Theatre Education Program at the Woodruff Arts Center. Her most recent roles include The Divergent Series - Allegiant, Pt. 1, the Atlanta-produced web series, That's Educational, and she has appeared in numerous industrials and commercials since 2015. She has appeared on the Atlanta stage with several theatrical companies including Stage Door Players, Actor's Express, Theatre in the Square, and Synchronicity Theatre. She has also performed with the Impulse Repertory Co., which she founded in 2011 and over which she presides as producing artistic director. Kara has served as an instructor of theatre at Kennesaw State University, UGA, and Georgia Perimeter College, and as a teaching artist with The Center for Puppetry Arts, Marcus Jewish Community Center Drama Camps, and the Ferst Center for the Arts Drama Camps. She holds an MFA in acting from the University of Georgia, a BFA in acting from Western Kentucky University, and is a Certified Teacher of the Michael Chekhov Technique of acting via the National Michael Chekhov Association.