KAREN LEWIS, Author/Actor/Teacher graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. in Dramatic Art. She later performed at the Boulder Shakespeare Festival, the American Conservatory Theater, the Magic Theater, California Actors Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, and PlayMakers Repertory among others. She was a founding member of the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, where she acted in over 50 plays.
In 1979, Karen performed in a North Carolina dinner theater production
of California Suite with Al Lewis and her life was never the same!
In 1981, she attained a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do Karate. Returning to New York in 1986, she and Al married. After receiving an MA at Hunter College, she taught play writing for five years at the Roosevelt Island Cultural Center. In 1987, Karen teamed up with Gloria W. Milliken to create Eviction Intervention Services, a not-for-profit homelessness prevention agency, and was named executive director in 1997.Yoga, alternative health practices, and Belly Dancing are still among her favorite hobbies.
Al and Karen hosted a public affairs radio talk show at WBAI-NY called Al Lewis Live! that Karen inherited when he became too ill to continue. She was married to Al “Grandpa Munster” Lewis for over 20 years until his passing in 2006.
Karen now resides on the West Coast with her partner, Ernie Fosselius, who edited and created the cover art for I Married a Munster.