Karen Callahan

BIO
Karen Callahan completed her double major in Communications and Theatre, with an emphasis on Directing, at U.C. Santa Barbara. After college, she worked for KPIX-TV in San Francisco, where she had the opportunity to produce public service segments and teasers for Evening Magazine.

Since then, she’s been a newspaper reporter, a copywriter, a video scriptwriter and producer, and a producer of major meetings and trade shows attracting up to 20,000 attendees. Currently, she is the Sales & Marketing Director for an international trade association for manufacturers of retail interiors.

In this capacity, she oversees membership recruitment and retention of over 800 member companies and is directly responsible for managing the association’s relationship with retailers, including well-known brands like Nike, Target, Disney, and Neiman Marcus.

Karen’s favorite project the past 10+ years has been the production of the international retail design industry’s premier awards program, the NASFM Retail Design Awards. Also, check out her website for retail designers.

During her down time, Karen specializes in writing comedy screenplays and hopes to one day change the world through much-needed laughter and comedic clarity. Here's a few of her scripts. If any of these intrigue you, email her.

The People’s Choice
When a radio show host loses his job after he “roasts” the Vice President who is the only presidential contender, reality smiles upon him; a reality show to elect the next President of the United States, that is.

But it might be the longest 21 days of his life. The host, the Vice President, and a seedy bunch of characters inside and outside of the parties fight for the nation’s highest office in this warm-hearted political satire that leaves the voting public with a difficult choice come November 4.

Weedles
Tim Beemer, a regimented city planner, has the chance of a lifetime—he gets to help highly-respected Superior Court Judge Raley establish a new town the way it should be done, with rules and ordinances aplenty.

His only problem—the eccentric judge no longer believes in written rules, and neither do his wacky townfolk. Will Tim be able to save the town from itself long enough to get its charter written and approved?

Courting the Cat
Gregory has just met the love-of-his-life. She’s perfect in every way. This could be the one. Then she takes him home to her place. Mallory has never felt the way she does about Gregory with anyone or anything before...except her cat, of course.

Mallory relies on her cat’s instincts in all dating situations. She can’t wait to introduce the two. After all, she met Gregory in a pet store. He appeared to have the golden touch. And he does, with every single species…except cats.