Lauren Elias's Page

Actor's contact info (email and phone or agent):

LaurenRElias@yahoo.com

Actor's age range:

16-20, 21-25, 26-30

Actor's Unions:

Non Union

Actor's PHYSICAL TRAITS (use format on the "Before Applying" page)

Ethnicity: Caucasian
Height: 5 feet
Eyes: Brown
Hair length: Shoulder Length
Hair color: Dark Blonde
Dress: 6/8
Shoe: 6.5

Skills
Grant Writing and Development
Training with Domestic and Marine Animals
Improvisation
Familiar with basic Spanish and Hebrew
Basic Knitting/Sewing
Basic Viewpoints
Beginner Aerialist
Peacock calls
Children’s Drama Instructor (Waltham Boys and Girls Club, CT Free Shakespeare)
Basic Puppetry and Mask Work
Dialects: Southern, Cockney, New York, New Jersey, and High British

Actor's Performance Skills:

Aerobics, Bicycling-general, Comedian, Conga, Diving, Driving - car, Firearms - rifles, Hiking, Jump Rope, Kayaker, Running - general, Singer - Alto, Singer - Soprano, Singer - Mezzo Soprano, Snorkeling, Stage Combat, Swimming - general ability, Voices-characters, Weight Lifting, Yoga

Recent acting experience (use the format on the Before Applying page):

-Off-Off Broadway

"13 Ways To Screw Up Your College Interview"-Kimberly-dir. J. Burna. AlphaNYC Theatre Company

-Regional Theatre

"Romeo and Juliet"- Juliet-dir. Paula Plum, Happy Medium Theatre Company

"The Blue Room"-Emma-dir. Paula Plum, SpeakEasy Stage (workshop)

"Othello" (AEA Production)-Emilia u/s- dir. Steve Maler, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company

"Polaroid Stories"-Ensemble- dir. Joey C. Pelletier and Elise Wulff, Heart and Dagger Productions

"Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom"-Happy Ballerina-dir. Mikey DiLoreto and Audrey L. Sylvia, Happy Medium Theatre Company

"The Three Musketeers" (AEA Production)-Kitty-dir. Ellen Lieberman, CT Free Shakespeare

"Soul Fight"-Ensemble- dir. Danielle Leeber, Boston Actors Theater

"The Great American Trailer Park Musical"-Lin (EMACT DASH award nominee)-dir. Russell Greene, Amazing Things Theater Company

"Tales From The Counter Top"-Dior (Supporting)-dir. Alison McCarthy, Counter Productions Theatre Company

"Double Life Of Clem Midnight"-Stacy (Lead)-dir. Lyndsay Allyn Cox, Another Country Productions

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" (AEA Production) -Mustardseed/Soloist-dir. Ellen Lieberman, CT Free Shakespeare

"Much Ado About Nothing" (AEA Production)- The Watch/Featured Soloist-dir. Ellen Lieberman, CT Free Shakespeare

"Cyrano de Bergerac "(AEA Production)-Orange Girl/Ensemble-dir. Ellen Lieberman, CT Free Shakespeare

"As You Like It"-Oliver/Audrey-dir. Al DeFabio, Act 2 Theatre

"As You Like It" (AEA Production)-LeBeau/Jaques DeBois/Soloist-dir. Ellen Lieberman, CT Free Shakespeare

"The Rimers of Eldritch"-Patsy-dir. Al DeFabio, Act 2 Theatre

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream"-Robin Starveling-dir. Al DeFabio, Act 2 Theatre

"Hamlet"-Rosencrantz/Osric-dir. Al DeFabio, Act 2 Theatre

-Educational Theatre

"Love’s Labour’s Lost"-Moth-dir. Steve Maler, Brandeis Theatre Company

"Cabaret"-Helga/Soloist-dir. Justin Becker, Tympanium Euphorium

"Bare: A Pop Opera"-Claire-dir. Austin Auh, Brandeis Undergraduate Theatre Company

"Brighton Beach Memoirs"-Blanche-dir. Brian Melcher, Brandeis Undergraduate Theatre Company

"Tea and Flowers, Purity and Grace"-Heather Newsome (Supporting)-dir. Susan Dibble, Brandeis Theatre Company

"Crossing Jerusalem" (North American Premiere)-Varda (Lead)-dir. Adam Schwartzbaun, Brandeis Undergraduate Theatre Company

"The Physician Of His Honor"-Silvia-dir. Eric Hill, Brandeis Theatre Company

Training
Brandeis University, BA in Theatre Arts (honors, cum laude)
-Suzuki/Advanced Suzuki (Eric Hill and Adrianne Krstansky)
-Acting/Scene Study (Janet Morrison, Elizabeth Terry and Adrianne Krstansky)
-Dialects (Elizabeth Terry)
-Stage Combat (Robert Walsh)
-Acting For The Camera (Nancy Doyle)

Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Shakespeare Workout (Paula Plum and Jennie Israel)

New Repertory Theatre, Truth In The Moment (Eve Kagan)

Shakespeare & Company, Shakespeare Weekend Intensives (Dennis Krausnick and Andrew B. Leslie)

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Apprenticeship Program
-Voice and Speech (Karen Kopryanski)
-Movement for Actors (Yo-el Cassell)
-Acting (Fred Sullivan)

Long Wharf Theatre Studio, Acting/Scene Study (Annie DiMartino)

Voice: Melissa Baroni (Linklater Technique), Nancy Armstrong, Pamela Wolfe, Dr. Louis Negri (Singing)

Dance: Rachel Bertone (Dancing for Musical Theater and Ballet), Zabelle Margosian (Ballet)

Awards
U.S. Congressional Award of Merit, 2006
Hiatt Theater Arts Fellowship, 2009

Other work, hobbies, charities, etc. in which this actor is involved:

Enjoys volunteering with local animal welfare organizations, baking, taking pictures, working with children, and devouring young adult dystopian novels

VOICE ARTISTS ONLY [you must have a professinal demo to upload]: llustrative 1-word descriptions for this actor's voice (e.g. conversational, announcer, warm, etc.):

welcoming, solid, warm, friendly, comedic

Dialects: Southern, Cockney, New York, New Jersey, and High British