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Karen Merritt is a Pittsburgh-based actor, voice over artist, and producer with a wide range of experience on stage and behind the microphone.  Her warm, welcoming and straightforward voice has been heard on various commercials, training/industrial videos, and online video games.  Her latest work includes narrating and producing fiction and non-fiction audioboooks.

About Karen Merritt

Karen Merritt has a body of work that includes stage, audiobook, commercial voice over, on-camera and print credits.  Her stage credits range from the classics, to contemporary new works, to improv comedy.   She was honored to be a part of the tour of THE BOLD AND THE SANCTIFIED, an original musical comedy about race relations within the church.  

CALL TO EMBRACE: HOPE OF HIS CALLING, by Maryann Landers is Karen's latest audiobook released on Audible and with several other audiobook retailers.  

Audiobook memoir ALZHEIMER'S DAUGHTER, by Jean Lee, is the true story of her journey alongside her parents who both had Alzheimer's Disease.  From suspecting something was amiss, to the Alzheimer's diagnosis, to being with them in their last moments, Jean honestly tells of her experiences in the effort to help other caregivers in similar situations.

Additional audiobooks narrated by Karen are:  HOMEGOING: THE TALL SHIPS OF SARADENA, BOOK 1 , THE DIALOGUE OF ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA, THE LAST ABBOT OF LINN DUACHAILL, and LINES OF LISTENING.

Training: Karen received her M. F. A. in acting from Carnegie Mellon University and the Moscow Art Theater Institute in Russia.   She has a B. A. in theatre arts from Penn State University.  Voice over training:  Lifetime Pro Emeritus status at VOHeroes (ongoing) and an ACX Master Class graduate. 

Contact Karen

Email Karen at merrittkaren0@gmail.com
Call Karen at 412-527-5761

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Representation

Docherty Agency
Agent:  Jared Pascoe
412-765-1400
Jared@dochertyagency.com

Affiliation

Karen on ACX
Karen on Voices123
Karen on Now Casting
Karen on Actors Access

Union Status: Non-Union
SAG/AFTRA eligible
Actors' Equity (EMC)

Headshots

the classic vintage silver microphone