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time director at Essex Youth Theater in Two River Theatre, The Shakespeare
Montclair and at the Del E. Webb Center Theatre of NJ, The Bickford, Alliance
in AZ and Harry also works with the Rep, The Theater Project, What Exit?,
Passaic Police Dept. Youth Service and The Women’s Theatre. Noreen
Division. He is a proud member of AEA Farley has been seen at Vivid Stage in
and SAG/AFTRA. Dead and Buried, The Language
Archive, The Neighborhood, Blood: A
Laura Ekstrand co- Comedy and many more. As a member
founded Vivid Stage (then of the ensemble she has also
Dreamcatcher Repertory performed in the improv troupe The
Theatre) with Janet Sales Flip Side, A Very Special Holiday
in 1994. She has appeared Special, and the gala cabarets. Other
at Vivid Stage in The Lucky shows in the area include The Last
Ones, What Stays; Sister Romance (Bickford); 100 Saints You
Play; Rapture, Blister Should Know and The Champagne
Burn; Motherhood Out Charlie Stakes (Alliance Rep); and Why
Loud; and Shakespeare in Vegas, Torture Is Wrong And Those Who Love
among many others, and is a member Them, Road To Mecca, and Three Tall
of The Flip Side improv comedy troupe. Women (The Theater Project). At What
New Jersey Theatre: Bickford Theatre, Exit? Noreen has done The Lying Kind
Passage Theater, 12 Miles West, The and two turns as the villain in their
Theater Project, Luna Stage, and the Christmas pantos. Other credits include
Pushcart Players. New York Theatre: regional theater, television
Naked Angels, Ensemble Studio Theatre, commercials, print work, voiceovers
and New Georges. Film: Fat Ass and movies.
Zombies; Split Ends, High Art and I
Shot Andy Warhol. Television: Hack, Lulu French first took
Sex And The City, Law & Order, and The improv classes at
Guiding Light. As a director: Dead and Gotham City Improv two
Buried, Every Brilliant Thing, The How decades ago and has
and the Why, Things Being What They been improvising ever
Are, Next Fall, Distracted, The Pursuit Of since. In addition to
Happiness, Melancholy Play, Pride’s being a graduate of GCI,
she has also studied
Crossing, Full Bloom and many others. improv under Amy Poehler, Matt Walsh,
Podcast directing: The Weirdness and and Matt Besser — original members of
Young Ben Franklin for Gen Z Media. As the Upright Citizens Brigade, Armando
a playwright: What Stays (with Jason Diaz — founder of the Magnet Theater,
Szamreta), Whatever Will Be, The various Second City alumni such as
Neighborhood (Book and Lyrics; Music Todd Stashwick (12 Monkeys), and
by Joe Zawila), Brink of Life (Book; improv masters Michael Gellman, Dave
Lyrics by Steve Harper; Music by Oliver Razowsky, and Aretha Sills. She has
Lake) and Astonishment, How to be Old: appeared in numerous improv
A Beginner’s Guide, and At Ninety-Three performances in NYC improv theaters
(Adaptations). Laura is a private such as Gotham City Improv, the
monologue coach and holds a BA from Magnet Theater, and Upright Citizens
Yale University and an MFA from Sarah Brigade. Lulu has been teaching improv
Lawrence College. Laura is a member of since 2000 and has had the privilege to
teach for organizations such as Gotham
AEA, SAG-AFTRA and the Dramatists City Improv, The Queens Theater in the
Guild. Love and thanks to Joe and Park, Arts Horizons, The Theater
Zachary. Project, The South Orange Maplewood
Noreen Farley has done Adult School, IN Studios, Beyond the
a number of shows as a Bell, and Vivid Stage in addition to
member of Vivid Stage’s teaching corporate improv workshops
for companies such as Pfizer, Novartis
ensemble (most recently, and AstraZeneca. She can currently be
String Around My Finger) seen improvising in Vivid Stage’s twice
as well as improvisation. yearly improv show, The Flip Side, and
She has also appeared at with Gary Austin's the Classroom at the