Karen Aldridge

Karen Aldridge

Karen Aldridge is happy to make her APT debut in FENCES. BROADWAY: originated the role of Mrs. Phelps in Matilda the Musical. INTERNATIONAL TOURS: Le Costume, and Battlefield directed by Peter Brook. Chicago credits: Hamlet, Tug of War: Parts 1 & 2, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Edward II, Love's Labor's Lost (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Victims of Duty (A Red Orchid Theatre); How to Catch Creation, Trinity River Plays (Jeff Award nomination - Best Actress, BTAA Ruby Dee Award), The Good Negro, The Ballad of Emmett Till, The Cook (Jeff Award nomination – Best Actress), Proof (Jeff Award nomination - Best Actress, Goodman Theatre); The Qualms, Clybourne Park, Man from Nebraska (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Seagull (Writers Theatre); Far Away, In the Blood (Jeff Award nomination - Best Actress, Next Theatre). REGIONAL: Hartford Stage, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theater, Magic Theatre. TELEVISION: Boss (STARZ); Unforgettable, Blue Bloods (CBS); Chicago Fire, Chicago Med (NBC); The Get Down (Netflix, produced and directed by Baz Luhrmann.
Karen is also a proud new ensemble member of A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago.

Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers

Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers