Laura has appeared on Broadway in several critically acclaimed and innovative productions including the Lincoln Center revival of South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza, Oklahoma!, and Sweet Smell of Success. She toured the country in The Light in the Piazza directed by Tony Award winner, Bartlett Sher, and she was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for her performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. In Europe, she has sung the role of Maria in West Side Story at prominent opera houses such as the Deutsche Opera in Berlin and the Alte Opera in Frankfurt.

A native of Southern California, she has performed in all three venues at the Los Angeles Music Center (Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, and Dorothy Chandler Pavilion). Los Angeles audiences may remember her from The Light in the Piazza at the Ahmanson where she played Italian spitfire, Franca Naccarelli. She was recently seen in Jason Robert Brown, Alfred Uhry, and Rob Ashford's new production of Parade at the Mark Taper. She has collaborated several times with Jason Robert Brown including a special performance of Songs For a New World with Alice Ripley, Brian D'Arcy James, and Tituss Burgess.

Laura has also enjoyed regular appearances in Seattle where she has worked for some of their most respected theatre companies. She has starred in many productions at the famous 5th Avenue Theatre such as Candide, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Rocky Horror Show, A Little Night Music, and The Secret Garden. Seattle audiences may have also seen her in a gala benefit performance for the Intiman Theatre performing opposite Matthew Morrison and composer Adam Guettel.

Her other regional work has included roles in Amadeus at the Geva Theatre Center, 25th Annual...Spelling Bee at La Mirada Theatre, Les Miserables at the Sacramento Music Circus, The Road to Hollywood at the Goodspeed Opera House, Beauty and the Beast at the Pioneer Theatre Company, West Side Story at the Bass Hall/ Casa Manana, Camelot and Oklahoma! at the Music Theatre of Wichita.

Laura can be heard on the original Broadway cast recordings of South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza, and Sweet Smell of Success as well Jason Robert Brown’s album, Wearing Someone Else's Clothes. In New York City, she has sung in concerts at City Center Encores, Joe's Pub, Birdland, Cooper Union, New York Historical Society, and The Cathedral Church of St John the Divine. She has also sung in St. Petersburg, Russia with other Broadway performers led by Tony Award winner, Ted Sperling as part of a cultural exchange.

Laura grew up in Southern California where she won the Spotlight Award for voice at the Los Angeles Music Center/ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion when she was in high school. She studied theatre at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan and opera at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. She then moved to New York City where she attended Columbia University and earned her Bachelor of Arts in music. Laura currently resides in Santa Monica where she enjoys living near her family and soaking up the California sunshine.

Columbia University, Bachelor of Arts
Voice: Ellen Shade, Irene Gubrud
Alexander Technique: Hope Gillerman, Gwen Ellison
Ballet: Kathy Sullivan (Steps)
Jazz: Richard Pierlon (Broadway Dance Center)
Tap: Germaine Salzberg (Broadway Dance Center)

Blood curdling scream, working knowledge of German and French, quick study and ease with dialects, classical piano, oil painting, snow skiing, volunteer counselor at the Beth Israel Medical Center