Karen Perlow

Biography

Karen Perlow has designed lighting for more than 200 productions throughout her 25 years in Boston. Her work has been seen at Merrimack Repertory Theater, Speakeasy Stage Company, Lyric Stage Company, Actors' Shakespeare Project, Central Square Theater, New Repertory Theatre, Boston Playwrights' Theater, Boston Midsummer Opera, and Shakespeare & Company. Perlow has taught lighting design at MIT and Northeastern University, and has been a guest designer at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston College, Brandeis University, and Emerson College. She is proud to serve as treasurer of the Theater Community Benevolent Fund, and is a member of the United Scenic Artists' Union.