Actor/Singer/Dancer
Welcome!
The short story is, I am a non-union actor/singer who works a lot as the funny, smart mom or business-type lady, as well as in a lot of period pieces!
The short story is, I am a non-union actor/singer who works a lot as the funny, smart mom or business-type lady, as well as in a lot of period pieces!
The above photos were taken by the incomparable J. Demetrie Photography and Mark Laubenheimer, in 2018.
Bio
The long story is... Lara relocated to NYC in 2015 after a three-year stint in Seattle, WA. She grew up in central Massachusetts, and has performed all over New England, New York, Washington state, and abroad in Scotland.
Lara grew up dancing in musical theater, went to college for acting, took private voice lessons, and has participated in many workshops for singing, dancing, acting, and modeling.
She has enjoyed doing commercials, film, photo shoots, voiceover, children's theater, puppetry, and mask work.
In 2007 she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Fitchburg State University with an English Major/Theater concentration, and a Music Minor.
Additional training includes musical improv at the Magnet Theater, voiceover with Phillip Galinsky, British dialects with Anna Frankl-Duval, sketch writing with 42nd Night Live, voice with Karen Elliott and William Carey, Classical Singer Convention 2010, Richard Crittendon Summer Opera Workshop 2009, and dance at Steps, Broadway Dance Center, Jeannette Neill Dance Co, and Northern Ballet Theater.
Awards
2017 Contributor to Funny or Die (Editor's Top Pick 5 times).
2012 Top Three Finalist at the North Shore Star Competition, for singing "Una voce poco fa," from Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville).
2007 Fitchburg State University Idol 3rd Place.
2007 Irene Ryan Nomination from the American College Theater Festival.
2006 and 2007 Outstanding Senior in Music from Fitchburg State University.
2006 Irene Ryan Alternate Nomination from the American College Theater Festival.
The long story is... Lara relocated to NYC in 2015 after a three-year stint in Seattle, WA. She grew up in central Massachusetts, and has performed all over New England, New York, Washington state, and abroad in Scotland.
Lara grew up dancing in musical theater, went to college for acting, took private voice lessons, and has participated in many workshops for singing, dancing, acting, and modeling.
She has enjoyed doing commercials, film, photo shoots, voiceover, children's theater, puppetry, and mask work.
In 2007 she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Fitchburg State University with an English Major/Theater concentration, and a Music Minor.
Additional training includes musical improv at the Magnet Theater, voiceover with Phillip Galinsky, British dialects with Anna Frankl-Duval, sketch writing with 42nd Night Live, voice with Karen Elliott and William Carey, Classical Singer Convention 2010, Richard Crittendon Summer Opera Workshop 2009, and dance at Steps, Broadway Dance Center, Jeannette Neill Dance Co, and Northern Ballet Theater.
Awards
2017 Contributor to Funny or Die (Editor's Top Pick 5 times).
2012 Top Three Finalist at the North Shore Star Competition, for singing "Una voce poco fa," from Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville).
2007 Fitchburg State University Idol 3rd Place.
2007 Irene Ryan Nomination from the American College Theater Festival.
2006 and 2007 Outstanding Senior in Music from Fitchburg State University.
2006 Irene Ryan Alternate Nomination from the American College Theater Festival.