Staff Bios
Scott Nolte, Producing Artistic Director
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, The God Committee, Smoke on the Mountain and An Enemy of the People, as well as Joyful Noise, Moreau, 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, Doubt: a parable and Over the River and Through the Woods for TTC. Other accomplishments include a Backstage West Garland Nomination for “Best Director” for his production of Terra Nova, serving as president of Theatre Puget Sound, and membership in the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. As a co-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 Canadian 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
Karen Lund has performed and directed at theatres across the country including the Illinois Repertory Theatre, Empty Space Theatre and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, in addition to the Kentucky and Idaho Shakespeare Festivals. She has directed nearly one hundred plays including critically acclaimed productions of A Streetcar Named Desire (The Daily Pilot’s Top Three Plays in Orange County in 2007), All My Sons (The Seattle Times’ Footlight Award), God's Man in Texas (SeattleTheatre.com’s Top Ten Theatrical Events of 2003), The Importance of Being Ernest (The Seattle Times’ Footlight Award), The Christmas Foundling (The Seattle Times’ Footlight Award) and Ah, Wilderness! (Backstage West nomination for Best Director). Karen’s first film short, Fool4LuV, was nominated for Best Comedy and Best Actor in the 168 Hour Film Project contest and received the New LA Film Makers Award at the City of Angels Film Festival in 2007. Her two other films have also been award winners: She received two 2009 Telly Awards for The Journey of Captain Nat and one for Paging Dr. Peter. In 2005, Karen directed the workshop production of the musical Magdalene in Franklin, TN, featuring American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, Broadway star Amick Byram and television star Grant Goodeve. In 2004 she observed Emmy-winning director Jim Burrows on three episodes of Will and Grace. She has also directed the sitcom pilot American U and workshops of the sitcom pilot Middle of Nower featuring Nathan Fillion, Ron Glass, Sally Struthers and Fred Willard. Karen received her BFA in theatre from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is married to actor/designer Mark Lund and is the proud mother of Jake and Hannah.
