Lauren is a theater producer (Gracewell Productions), a playwright (member of The Dramatists Guild of America) and a theater critic -- The Connecticut Arts Connection (http://ctarts.blogspot.com) and Reflections in the Light (http://reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com). She formerly covered all of Connecticut theater for BroadwayWorld, Curtain Up and American Theater Web as well at the Journal Inquirer newspaper in Connecticut. She is a member of The Outer Critics Circle and Executive Producer of its annual awards dinner in New York. She is a former voting member and Vice President of The Drama Desk. She is Co-Founder of the CT Chapter of The League of Professional Theatre Women.and a member of the Board of DIrectors in New York.
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- BWW Interviews: Alan Zweibel - Enjoying a Multi-Course Career Seasoned with Friendship -
- BWW Reviews: Paul Giamatti's HAMLET at Yale Rep is 'Not To Be' Missed if You Want 'To Be' Entertained -
- BWW Interview: Stephanie Zimbalist of LIVING ON LOVE at Seven Angels -
- Feature: WOMEN OF A CERTAIN STAGE at Westport Country Playhouse -
- BWW Interviews: Christopher Smith -Musical Makes an 'Amazing' Journey to Goodpseed -
April 28, 2025
A collection of vignettes and monologues bring to life some of the unsung heroes of the bible – women – in CALL FORTH A WOMAN, written, directed and produced by Treneé D. McGee.
January 19, 2025
CT Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women announces first Celebrate! -- a monthlong, statewide celebration of women in theater.
February 18, 2024
The by-invite-only audience will be the first to sample this new musical about the son of Teddy Roosevelt.
December 30, 2023
Last Night about 17th-century CT witchcraft panic gets reading at the Palace Theater, Waterbury as part of Gracewell Productions' Table Reading Series.
November 11, 2023
Gracewell Productions' third season of Table Readings at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, CT kicks off with Dorothy Lyman's new play, VIOLET AND ME.
August 30, 2023
One Acts, Music, Dorothy Lyman speaking about Hollywood's Glass Ceiling Celebrate the Accomplishments of Women Over 40 on Stage!
October 24, 2022
CT Chapter LPTW Presents Panel on 'Rebuilding Theater with Greater Relevance' and Presents Ivoryton Playhouse with 'Seal of Approval' for Promoting Theater Women at WOmen Playwrights Fest Oct. 29
October 11, 2021
Dorothy Lyman, Sachi Parker, Don Striano featured in THE LITTLE SISTERS OF LITTLETON, kicking off Gracewell Productions' Table Reading Series at the Palace Theater, Waterbury
October 7, 2021
Producers speak about staging readings in the age of Covid at CT Chapter's first in-person get-together of the season.
March 30, 2021
A discussion with Creator Susan Cinoman, Producers Tracey Knight Narang, Terry Nardozzi and Playwright Cheryl Davis in discussion about the upcoming Period Piece project.
March 11, 2021
Hartford Stage Women are Part of a New Slate of Theater Leaders in Connecticut and talk about making history.
February 9, 2021
Learn how improv skills can help you make connections with Bridget Brown of the CT Chapter of LPTW
November 4, 2020
Katherine Ray Discusses Her Recent Staging of Assassins at a Connecticut Drive-In Theater at a Networking Lunchtime Meeting of the CT Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women Nov. 10.
October 20, 2020
Dorothy Lyman's new play, THE KEYS, will get a reading on Zoom
September 21, 2020
The third installment of Toast The Vote!, the series sponsored by the CT Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, will take place on Zoom Sept. 23 at 5 pm Eastern with an excerpt from Susan B. by Toby Armour, featuring Jenne Vath as Susan B. Anthony.
August 10, 2020
CT Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women Celebrates Votes for Women with Play Excerpts
July 15, 2020
Three excerpts from plays about women who forged the way for the 19th Amendment on the anniversary of its passage sponsored by the CT Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women.
February 6, 2020
Five playwrights give their perspectives on the process.
December 4, 2019
Three playwrights present excerpts from holiday plays at a networking lunch sponsored by the CT Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women.
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