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Scott Nolte is a co-founder and the Producing Artistic Director of Taproot Theatre Company. Over the course of 30 years, he has directed such plays as An Inspector Calls, Arthur: The Hunt, Smoke on the Mountain and An Enemy of the People, as well as Joyful Noise, Moreau, Terra Nova and Godspell. As an actor he’s been seen on stage in Harvey, The Foreigner, Talley’s Folly, Cotton Patch Gospel and Lost in Yonkers. He has also directed many shows for TTC’s Road Company. In November 2006 he directed The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge for Tacoma Actors Guild, and more recently the acclaimed The God Committee and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat for TTC. He participates in two new play development groups, is past president of Theatre Puget Sound, and is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. As the founder of this 32-year-old theatre, Scott has served as a judge and panelist for two social venture conferences and has advised other theatres on artistic and organizational issues. Most recently Scott was profiled in the journal COMMENT. Scott is happily married to Pam (a TTC co-founder) and proud father of Peter and Lisa. Scott’s blog can be found at http://scottnolte.wordpress.com/.
Karen Lund, Associate Artistic Director
Gary Kingsbury, General Manager
Gary comes to Taproot Theatre Company with 30 years of executive management experience in both for-profit and non-profit organizations. He served as Financial Director for various technology divisions of TRW Inc. Gary was also the founding Executive Director of Project Tomorrow, an organization to improve K-12 education in Southern California. Most recently Gary worked at South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa CA, as their Controller.
Karen Lund has performed and directed at theatres across the country including the Illinois Repertory Theatre, Empty Space Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and the Kentucky and Idaho Shakespeare Festivals. Karen has directed nearly one hundred plays including critically acclaimed productions of A Streetcar Named Desire (The Daily Pilot Top Three Theatrical Events in Orange County 2007), All My Sons (Seattle Times Spotlight Award Best Male Performance), God's Man in Texas (SeattleTheatre.com Top Ten Theatrical Events of 2003), The Importance of Being Ernest (Seattle Times Spotlight Award Bravura Performance, Bethany Hudson) and Ah, Wilderness! (Backstage West Garland Award nomination for Best Director). In 2005, Karen directed the workshop production of the new musical Magdalene in Franklin, TN, featuring American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, Broadway star Amick Byram and television star Grant Goodeve. Karen’s first film short Fool4LuV was nominated for best comedy and best leading actor in the 168 Film Project contest and received the New LA FilmMakers award at the City of Angeles Film Festival in 2007. Karen has also directed a reading at the Falcon Theatre for the new short film Saturation which she’ll begin filming in April 2008. Her next project is co-producing a one-woman show for former Saturday Night Live actress Victoria Jackson, directed by Marianne Savell. Karen's experience also includes more than 20 years in front of and behind the scenes in television. In 2004 she was granted an observership with Emmy-winning director Jim Burrows on three episodes of Will and Grace, and in 2005 she directed the pilot for the half-hour sitcom American U written by Dan Ewald and Rajeev Sigomoney. Karen received her BFA in theatre from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. She is married to actor/designer Mark Lund and is the proud mother of Jake and Hannah.