Acting with Laurel M.

Laurel M

Writer's Guild of America member, and author of award-winning scripts, I provide expertise and feedback to clients on feature length narrative scripts; polish and re-write client scripts; develop feature length original and adapted material; and mentor writing students.

Stanford University; AMDA Los Angeles; Seattle Film Institute; Bellevue College; Seattle Central Community College; Seattle Children's Theater, Seattle Repertory Theater; Intiman Theater; Cascadia College

Teach acting for film; acting for stage; improvisation; scene study; advanced scene study; performance skills; script analysis; Shakespeare; directing narrative film; beginning screenwriting; advanced screenwriting; playwriting; and directing actors.

Open Door Theater

Acted in 100+ performances per year, touring nationally and internationally to countries that included Panama and South Korea. Annually recruited, hired and directed company of 14 professional actors, in repertory of five plays. Lead workshops for audiences of up to 400 people, trained military and school personnel. Oversaw content of all educational materials and presented educational lectures and workshops on the issues presented by the plays.

Two Roads Ensemble

Founded Educational Outreach Theater company that placed professional actors into public middle and elementary schools. Created, wrote and directed student performances. Created Project Interact, in which professional actors and writers worked with Language Arts/Social Studies classes for an entire grade, to create an original performance based on a chosen period of History.

Laurel M.

Acted in stage plays, independent films, industrial videos and commercials.

Southern Methodist University

UCLA

Alfred P. Sloan Fnd/Tribeca Institute

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

the Other Venice Film Festival

Samuel Goldwyn Foundation