Laura Darrell BIO
Laura Darrell has acted professionally since the age of 10, appearing on tv shows and films on AMC, SYFY, HULU as well as acclaimed film festivals, including Sundance and Cinequest. Laura has also performed lead roles in theaters across the country and internationally, including Canada and Thailand. She graduated a Magna Cum Laude Scholar from USC (LA), and before that she attended NYU Tisch (both undergrad) as well as the Oxford Shakespeare Intensive at BADA (UK).
Favorite NY theater credits include Cinderella in Into the Woods at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Encores! The Golden Apple at New York City Center, John Kander and Greg Pierce’s new musical, Kid Victory at the Vineyard Theater (Official Cast Album released) as well as covering the roles of Johanna, Pirelli, and Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd in the highly acclaimed Barrow Street production.
Before that she debuted as Anna in the opening/press cast of Frozen Live, directed by Liesl Tommy. She has performed at regional theaters across the country, including Portland Stage, Signature Theatre in DC, Baltimore Center Stage, Bridge Rep of Boston, MTLosAngeles, Mile Square Theatre, The Public Theatre (ME), Maine Stage Music Theatre, among others, and has sung with orchestras from Portland, Maine (PSO) to Orlando to the southern finger lakes.
With a passion for creating new work, Laura has workshopped many new pieces with companies including Classic Stage Company, Asolo Rep, the Araca Group, Signature, EST, Second Stage, Barrow Group, Hudson Theatreworks, York Theatre Co., NYWIFT Writers Group, and Workshop Theatre Co. She also helped raise money for the Maine Children's Cancer Program with a Maine PBS special called A Very Special Christmas, for which she was nominated for a Boston/New England Emmy Award.
For more ways to follow Laura, please check out her Instagram: @lauraedarrell and Youtube: youtube.com/thelauradarrell.