Member'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
"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 non-acting related work, hobbies or charities (not skills) in which this actor is involved (1 or 2 word descriptions):
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 professional demo to upload]: illustrative 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
Lauren Elias
Female
Profile Information:
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
"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
Dialects: Southern, Cockney, New York, New Jersey, and High British
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