LAUREN PETERSON Theatre

Mary Poppins

Katie Nanna/Ensemble Okoboji Summer Theatre Dir. Stephen Brotebeck

Happily Ever After: A Wedding Comedy

Francie Renfro

Okoboji Summer Theatre Dir. Courtney Crouse

Mamma Mia Pit Singer

Okoboji Summer Theatre Dir. Robin Levine

TYA Winnie the Pooh Kanga, Owl Stephens College TYA Touring

Company Dir. Lexi Borisenko

Miss Electricity Narrator, Mrs. Waldo, Zeus

Stephens College TYA Touring Company Dir. Lexi Borisenko

The Bully Show Actor 4 Stephens College TYA Touring Company Dir. Jill Womack

Contact

314-685-5105 laurenmckenziepeterson@gmail.com

peterson.lauren

Training Stephens College

BFA, Theatre Arts – TYA May 2020

Acting

Rob Doyen, Timuchin Aker, Lamby Hedge Stage Management

Murder on the Orient Express

SM Okoboji Summer Theatre Dir. Stephen Brotebeck

Leader of the Pack

SM Macklanburg Playhouse Dir. Bernard Monroe

Anton in Show Business

SM Warehouse Theatre Company Dir. Lauren Douglas

Anastasia Trials

ASM Warehouse Theatre Company Dir. Isabelle Scheibe

One Act Play Festival ASM Warehouse Theatre Company Dir. Adrienne Lee

Voice

Pamela Ellsworth-Smith, Trent Rash

Dance Darren Gibson, Carol Schuberg

Technical Theatre

Michael Burke, Mimi Hedges

Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College Musical Theatre 2015

STAGES St. Louis

Arts Administration Internship Alicia Scott-Aune, Andrew Kuhlman

Metro Theatre Company

Production Assistant Internship Sarah Rugo, Julia Flood

Properties How To Be A Pirate

Props Master/Designer TRYPS Children’s Theatre

Alice in Wonderland JR

Props Master/Designer TRYPS Children’s Theatre

Frozen JR

Props Master/Designer TRYPS Children’s Theatre

Winnie the Pooh Props Master/Designer Stephens College TYA Touring Company

Special Skills Horseback riding, skiing, read music,

driver’s license, passport, drives manual, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Cloud,

basic stagecraft, power tools, photography, cuts music, painting

Technical Theatre

Joseph and…Dreamcoat

Run Crew STAGES St. Louis

Anything Goes

Prep Crew Macklanburg Playhouse

The Heiress

Prep Crew Macklanburg Playhouse

Living on Love

Sound Board OP Okoboji Summer Theatre

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Light Crew Okoboji Summer Theatre

Happily Ever After: A Wedding Comedy

Light Crew Okoboji Summer Theatre

Directing Assistant Director/Stage Manager Encore – Grade 3-9

• Educational 10-week mini production that culminated in a production: Frozen, Alice in Wonderland, and Mary Poppins • Conducted an audition process and cast the show • Collaborated on and designed set, lights, props and transpose music • Assisted and collaborated on blocking the production • Created lesson plans

Teaching Artist

TRYPS Children’s Theatre, Columbia, MO- Lead Teacher • TRYPSters (Ages 10-36 months)

o Parents and children experience creative play, movement, and music in a class designed to build motor skills, verbal skills, social interaction, and musical rhythm.

o The class incorporates children’s songs with simple rhythm instruments, parachute, and fabric tunnels and bubbles!

• Creative Drama (Ages 3-5 yr. old) o 6-week performance class o Creative drama classes are designed to build confidence in voice, motor skills, social

interaction, movement, expression and imagination. o Teachers use a favorite book, movie or television show to create an original skit. o We introduce our students to many aspects of the performing arts: movement, dance,

singing, and theatre. o Sharing of a short skit on the final morning of classes.

Jan. 2018-Present

• “Mini-Musical” ( Ages K-7th grade) o 7-week performance class o Students learn basic rehearsal techniques and vocabulary for a theatre production. o Teachers create an abridged 5-6 page script based on a children’s book, play or film. The

original script contains roles written for every student. Students audition for small speaking roles on the first day of class.

o A short Open House Sharing is presented for family and friends in the Hickman Hall Rehearsal Hall on the final day of class in simple costumes provided by TRYPS.

Outreach Princess Tea Party – A fundraising event where children get to come to a “tea party” and meet all their favorite characters. Princess Hospital Visits – An opportunity to raise the spirits and encourage so many the children and families confined to their hospital rooms. Royal Readers – The Royal Readers are preparing students for reading readiness by promoting literacy through the joy of theatre. They do this by dressing up as a princess, visiting local preschools classrooms, reading a book to the class, and giving the students a reading readiness activity book tailored to the story we read.