Laura has directed and acted for the last twenty years and her works have been seen on community and university stages as well as in Chicago and New York. She is also actively involved in local and regional theatre and worked as the Artistic Director of New World Arts (www.newworldarts.org) for the last seven years. She is also a teacher and owns Center Stage Academy. Her students have gone on to successful careers in the arts and many have received scholarships to pursue artistic development at the university level.