Karson was born and raised just outside of New York City and has been thriving in San Diego, CA since 2008. Karson is a passionate performer and teacher at heart, and has merged her love of embodied movement and leading others through performing arts, yoga & community leadership for the past two decades. Karson is the recipient of the Craig Noel Award for Lead Performance in a Musical, as well as Lead Performance in a Play, and has received several nominations from the San Diego Critics Circle Awards. ­Karson has had the privilege of working at such theatres as Cygnet Theatre, Diversionary, ion theatre, San Diego Rep, New Village Arts, Moxie, & Lamb’s Players. After a 10 year hiatus from the stage to focus on her growing family, Karson returned to the stage in 2022 to reprise her award-winning role as the Emcee in Cygnet Theatre’s production of Cabaret, and most recently appeared in How I Learned to Drive with Backyard Renaissance Theatre.