Kara Turner (She/Her/Hers)

Kara Turner is a SAFD intermediate actor combatant and a 2024 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellow for theatre. As a teaching artist, she works in public schools, colleges, and nonprofits, including The Life Stories Program at The Theatre Lab. Movement-based acting credits include: The Welders' the earth that is sufficient, Theatre Prometheus' (Anon)ymous, and Washington National Opera’s Il trovatore (as seen on CBS News story, Singer Latonia Moore: "There's opera for all kinds of people" (Dec. 31, 2022). She was a 2023 cohort member of the Sumer Sling Fight Choreographer’s Track and trains in aerial arts at Cap City Circus.

Highlights: 

  • Teaching Assistant at March 2023 Virginia Beach BASH regional workshop
  • Intern at the January 2020 Tourist Trap (Orlando, FL) presented by Neutral Chaos
  • Assisted Fight Director Casey Kaleba with fight choreography for Spamalot and Almost, Maine at The Theatre Lab, Summer 2021
  • Performed broadsword demonstration with Tooth & Claw Combat Arts at the Folger Theatre (Washington, DC) Shakespeare's Birthday, April 2019
 

Attended SAFD Regional Workshops:

  • Tourist Trap (Orlando, FL), January 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024
  • Fight Choreo Track, Summer Sling (NYC), August 2023
  • Philadelphia Stage Combat Workshop, November 2022
  • TXI for BLM, Sept 2020 (virtual)
  • Social Distance Showdown, May 2020 (virtual)
  • Virginia Beach BASH, March 2019, 2023


Skill Proficiency History

Date Weapon Location Grade

Sword & Shield SPR

May 31, 2023 Broadsword and Shield Columbia, Maryland Basic Pass

Fire & Ice/Flying V Staff SPT Intensive

Apr 30, 2023 Quarterstaff Silver Spring, Maryland Recommended Pass

Virginia Beach BASH 2023 Staff SPRs

Mar 26, 2023 Rapier and Dagger Virginia Beach, Virginia Basic Pass

Fire & Ice Winter 2023 SPRs

Feb 1, 2023 Unarmed Silver Spring, Maryland Recommended Pass
Feb 1, 2023 Broadsword Silver Spring, Maryland Recommended Pass

Round House Theatre

Dec 12, 2022 Rapier and Dagger Silver Spring, Maryland Basic Pass
Oct 18, 2021 Single Sword Washington, District of Columbia Basic Pass
Mar 25, 2019 Broadsword Washington, District of Columbia Basic Pass
May 21, 2018 Unarmed Washington, District of Columbia Recommended Pass
Dec 18, 2017 Rapier and Dagger Silver Spring, Maryland Basic Pass

Brave Spirits Theatre

Jul 20, 2019 Broadsword and Shield Washington, District of Columbia Basic Pass

SAFD Theatrical Firearms Safety Course

Jan 6, 2019 Firearm Silver Spring, Maryland Recommended Pass