KARSTEN SCHAFFHAUSER

TEACHER
Karsten Schaffhauser is a recent graduate of Outcry Youth Theater and Rockwall High School. Working artistically across the DFW Metroplex and in Austin, they are an aspiring actor, playwright, and director. They've performed in over thirty-five productions, directed three, and written one. Over the course of their 8 years of acting and vocal training, they have earned 4 All-Star Cast awards and served as a member of internationally recognized contemporary a cappella groups Sting and Walk the Line. For their senior project, they wrote, cast, designed, directed, and produced their own 30-minute play, Annabel Lee, an adaptation of the poem by Edgar Allen Poe. It went on to win first place in Rockwall's 2023 Senior Directed Play Festival, with both leading actors receiving Best Performer awards at the competition.