Karen Graci

A proud native of Buffalo, NY, Karen Graci is a writer, improviser and actor. While touring with Chicago's famed Second City National Touring Company, Karen was featured in the theater's first-ever USO Tour, entertaining American troops in Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. She also performed ten shows a week as a resident cast member in The Best of Second City at The Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas for over a year. Karen most recently worked as story editor for the critically acclaimed Netflix comedy, Tuca & Bertie, starring Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong. She's also written for the Netflix comedy, Girlboss, and co- wrote (with Rodrigo Garcia) the Hulu drama, Blue, starring Julia Stiles. Karen developed an original animated comedy pilot, Nerd Burglars, for Cartoon Network. Earlier this year, Karen's half-hour dramedy pilot, Work/Friends, won the Best Television Pilot category at the 2019 Cinequest Film Festival. Karen can be seen improvising at the Westside Comedy Theatre with their house Harold Team, King Ten. When not writing or performing, Karen counts the days until her beloved Buffalo Bills make the playoffs again. On a related note, she also sighs a lot and drinks.