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Theater on the Square-IL, Whyte Hall-  and I Shot Andy Warhol. Television:
      NY, Cape May Stage-NJ, Hudson       Hack, Sex And The City, Law & Order,
      Theater Works-NJ. Staff Designer -   and The Guiding Light. As a director:
      SubCulture NYC, monthly Jason Robert   Dead and Buried, Every Brilliant Thing,
      Brown concerts. Purchase College    The How and the Why, Things Being
      Alumn. www.zachpizzalighting.com    What They Are, Next Fall, Distracted,
                                          The Pursuit Of Happiness, Melancholy
                 Laura Ekstrand           Play, Pride’s Crossing, Full Bloom and
                 (Playwright) co-founded   many others. Podcast directing: The
                 Vivid Stage (then
                 Dreamcatcher Repertory   Weirdness and Young Ben Franklin for
                                          Gen Z Media. As a playwright: What
                 Theatre) with Janet Sales   Stays (with Jason Szamreta), Whatever
                 in 1994. She has appeared   Will Be, The Neighborhood (Book and
                 at Vivid Stage in The Lucky   Lyrics; Music by Joe Zawila), Brink of
                 Ones, What Stays; Sister   Life (Book; Lyrics by Steve Harper;
                 Play; Rapture, Blister Burn;
      Motherhood Out Loud; and Shakespeare   Music by Oliver Lake) and
      in Vegas, among many others, and is a   Astonishment, How to be Old: A
                                          Beginner’s Guide, and At Ninety-Three
      member of The Flip Side improv comedy   (Adaptations). Laura is a private
      troupe. New Jersey Theatre: Bickford   monologue coach and holds a BA from
      Theatre, Passage Theater, 12 Miles
      West, The Theater Project, Luna Stage,   Yale University and an MFA from Sarah
                                          Lawrence College. Laura is a member
      and the Pushcart Players. New York   of AEA, SAG-AFTRA and the Dramatists
      Theatre: Naked Angels, Ensemble     Guild. Love and thanks to Joe and
      Studio Theatre, and New Georges. Film:
      Fat Ass Zombies; Split Ends, High Art   Zachary.












                                              LOCAL with Laura Ekstrand


                                              Season 4, Episode 5
                                              Available on iTunes and

                                              www.VividStage.org


                                              Guest: Scott McGowan
                                              Produced by Laura Ekstrand,
                                              Dave Maulbeck and Maribeth
                                              Theroux
                                              Music by Jeff Ertz and John
                                              Todd
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