First Playwright Celebrated by the Amplify Festival (formerly Volt):
Three Off-Broadway Premieres

NEWS

Listen to Karen Hartman's writing tips on the new podcast Could I Do That?

Buy or license New Golden Age  and Goldie, Max & Milk through Samuel French!

Learn more about The Hundred Day Reckoning, a Creative Response to Hard Change

Sign up for my very infrequent newsletter!

* indicates required
NEW GOLDEN AGE was a finalist for the 2023 SUSAN SMITH BLACKBURN PRIZE.

Now available to license through Samuel French!

A thrilling revolutionary tale for today that reclaims a bond beyond data.
​
In an era just beyond our own, two sisters fight for human connection as they face down a big tech dystopia. A folk-hero professor defends our most intimate relationships, while her sister attempts a perilous inside maneuver within the corporation that owns and sees all. 
"Hartman does one better than Orwell."
​- TheaterMania

World Premiere: Primary Stages, 2022

Supported by a 2019-20 Guggenheim Fellowship.
ALICE BLISS.  A New Musical.

For RIGHTS INQUIRIES, REACH OUT.

How do you hold onto normal when life is anything but? Set in upstate New York during the Iraq War, this intimate, stunning, and heart-wrenching new musical tells the story of losing everything and living anyway; of a girl who hits rock bottom, finds her mom there, and begins to grow up. Full of humor, hope, grief, and sheer teenage joy, ALICE BLISS presents a breathtaking exploration of family and community coming together to find hope in the face of uncertainty.

Winner: Weston-Ghostlight New Musical Award.
Montalvo Arts Center/ TheatreWorks Residency
​Orchard Project Residency

Book by Karen Hartman, Music by Jenny Giering, Lyrics by Adam Gwon; Based on the novel by Laura Harrington; Directed by Mark Brokaw

RECENT