Laura Eason

LAURA EASON joined the Lookingglass ensemble in 1991 and has served as a writer, director, actor, musician, co-director of artistic development, and, for six years, was Lookingglass’ Artistic Director. Now primarily a playwright, she is the author of more than fifteen plays, both original work and adaptations. Her plays have been commissioned and produced across the country by Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, Walkabout, Andhow, Sojourn and Two River Theaters, among others, and read/developed at New York Theatre Workshop, MCC and New Georges in New York and SF Playhouse in San Francisco. Laura is the recipient of an NEA artistic development grant and two Jeff Awards for new work and adaptation (shared). As an actor, Laura performed in New York at BAM, Lincoln Center and in Metamorphoses on Broadway as well as regionally at Berkeley Rep, Seattle Rep., the McCarter, Arden, Steppenwolf, Goodman, and in more than 20 productions with Lookingglass. Laura is an Affiliated Artist and Kitchen Cabinet Member with New Georges in NYC and an Associate Artist with Sojourn Theatre in Portland, OR. Originally from Chicago, Laura lives in Brooklyn, NY. Updates and more information available at her website: www.lauraeason.com.

hometown: Evanston, IL
college: Northwestern
major: Performance Studies
favorite vacation destination: Islesboro, Maine
favorite book: The Waves by Virginia Woolf and The USA Trilogy by John Dos Passos
favorite band while in high school: Bruce Springsteen
favorite text Lookingglass has adapted: Hard Times
favorite Lookingglass memory: Camping out on my 25th birthday on Compass Island during the rehearsals for Arabian Nights in Maine and the boys wishing me happy birthday from their tents.