Lauren is a performer, writer, director and musician based in NYC. Her work has been featured internationally at the Venice International Film Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, in NYC at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, the Peoples Improv Theater, the Magnet Theater, and more. Lauren is a regular performer in the sketch, character and stand up comedy community of NYC, as well as an active director and coach. Lauren studied improvisation and characters at the Upright Citizens Brigade in NYC after graduating from the University of Miami with a degree in Music (and a few other things). She then went on to study Acting through the Atlantic Acting School. She is a classical double-bassist who can hack it at jazz with enough notice, and is available for recording sessions, with strong references. Ask her about her past life as a veterinary assistant, and her forever passion for the hardworking, beautiful souls of vet med. Or don’t….. whatever…..