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Lauren Diesch
Director. Actor. Teaching Artist. Administrator
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Directing
Acting
Education
2021-2024
Master of Fine Arts
Indiana University
Earned an MFA in Directing from the Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance and awarded the Foster Harmon Fellowship. Graduate assistantship included teaching the courses: Fundamentals of Acting, Acting I, and Acting II. Thesis Production: Orlando by Sarah Ruhl.
2005-2009
Bachelor of Arts
University of Pittsburgh
Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B. A. in Theatre and Minor in English Literature. Served as a Teaching Assistant for the course Acting the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries.
Training
Remedios Creative, LLC
Minneapolis, MN
Brave New Workshop
Student Union
Minneapolis, MN
Studied Meisner I and II, Scene Study, and Advanced Scene Study with Rich Remedios and Erin Roberts.
Studied performance Levels 1-4 under Aric McKeown, Tom Reed, and Brian Rice.
Special Skills
Viewpoints - Devised Theatre - Applied Theatre - Improv - SAFD certified in Unarmed (Recommendation), Knife (Recommendation), and Single Sword - Some German and Italian - Realistic Baby Cry - Costume Design - Dialects: RP, Estuary, German, New Jersey, Yinzer, Minnesotan - CPR and First Aid Certified - Mezzo Soprano
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