Dirty, Flirty, Thirty and Out of Work
KARA’S DEBUT ONE-WOMAN SHOW!
From not getting a starring role in her kindergarten performance of The Three Little Pigs, to realizing she's been aged out of the industry at the ripe age of 30, Kara takes the audience through 20+ years of her life pursuing a career in acting with painful honesty, humour, anger and joy.
Acting since the age of four, she is no stranger to the spotlight but this is her first solo stage performance.
Photo by Hannah Stonehouse Hudson
Kara is one of sixteen artists to receive the Create Wisconsin Statewide Artist Grant in its inaugural year! This grant will helped fund the final performance in Baraboo, WI, her hometown! Sign up for the newsletter to receive the latest updates and watch her interview below.
Listen to the 99.7 Max FM interview before the AL Ringling performance HERE
Listen to the Wisconsin Public Radio interview before the Backstage performance HERE
Read the stunning review of the Rinehart performances by Claire Duquette of the Ashland Daily Press HERE
and the pre-show interview before the premier performance at Honest Dog Books HERE
Photo by Hannah Stonehouse Hudson
“Her wording is otherworldly. Her words sung and spoke deeply. She could make the line, "1 plus 1 equals 2" spin in a different and wonderful way.”
“She needs to get this on the Moth Radio!”
“She has had quite the life experience already at her young age.”
After an opening night standing ovation in May in Bayfield at Honest Dog Books, Dirty, Flirty, Thirty and Out of Work travelled to the Rinehart Theatre in Ashland, Wisconsin in July. That performance garnered Kara a stunning review from the Ashland Daily Press. This laugh-inducing and tear-jerking story of the highs and lows of pursuing a career in acting ended its Northwoods South Shore Tour at Big Top Chautauqua’s Backstage. The full house show ended with an uproarious standing ovation.
Kara had her final performance on October 17th, 2026 on the stage she grew up on, the stage where it all began: the AL Ringling Theatre in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Photo by Hannah Stonehouse Hudson
Watch the first 10 minutes from the Backstage show below!