We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Karolina Sivas. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Karolina below.

Karolina, appreciate you joining us today. We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.

It comes up a lot when I do an interview, but creating my own work has been the most meaningful for me. More specifically, I created a digital dramedy series called “Broken At Love,” which ran for three seasons (only halting due to the pandemic). I also was the executive producer, casting director, director, and show runner for the series – so I was involved in every detail. It was semi autobiographical and I really poured a lot of my thoughts and emotions into the text. As I moved on from season to season, I was writing things as I was experiencing them in real time. I also got to screen episodes in festivals around the US, meet other fantastic creatives to collaborate with, and move to New York for an entire season. With the way the world has been the last few years, independent filmmaking has felt a bit more daunting, but I’m excited to be writing and working on my next project.

Karolina, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

Without a doubt, I was obsessed with performing from a very early age. I used to dress up for my morning children’s tv programming and act out the whole thing with the shows.

When I was five years old, a girl in my kindergarten class came to school on Halloween dressed in a sparkly red gown and when I asked what she was I remember she said, “an actress.” And I vividly remember thinking, “wait, that’s a thing you can be?” In third grade, now in a new city and school, I came to school on Halloween dressed in a sparkly gold FAO Schwarz gown and when asked what I was I said, “an actress.” And I’ve been saying it ever since! In third grade I did my first real performance – it was through a school program called oral interpretation – all the elementary schools would come together and the selected students from each school would perform a poem that was worked on for months. I recently found the footage and it’s on my instagram (@karolina.grace.sivas). I was in that program every year after.

I performed any chance I could: I enrolled in a professional acting class around the age of 11, I did school theater and was the lead in plays, I joined speech and debate and spent my weekends giving 10 minute speeches, taking home first place a few times and even qualifying to state with speeches I wrote myself. And I got my formal education from the University of Southern California’s School of Dramatic Arts. I absolutely love training and learning, currently I’m finishing up Upright Citizens Brigade’s Improv Track and I’m in class, sharpening my scene study, sitcom, audition, and on camera skills. I’m all in – never a plan B with me!

I’m so proud of my drive and determination and I’m lucky I have a mom who supports and encourages me.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

I’d say the most rewarding aspect is being able to have your own unique POV in your work. And also adding your own personality and sense of self in roles. Also, the sense of completing something as well is a real thrill.

In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?

I’d say having arts in school was so important for me. For example, I learned that speech and debate in my high school didn’t last much longer for many schools in my district including mine after I graduated and I truly couldn’t imagine my high school experience without that extra curricular activity.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.brokenatlovetheseries.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/karolina.grace.sivas
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/KarolinaSivas
• Youtube: www.youtube.com/BrokenAtLove

Image Credits
Headshots – Michael Roud Photography