Bio
Lauren French is a professional actor, director, and theatre educator. As a teaching artist with The Warehouse Theatre (WHT) and The South Carolina Children’s Theatre for the past 5 years, Lauren has led creative engagements and educational programs for all ages. With WHT, Lauren has taught Shakespeare workshops, applied theatre in partnership with the Applied Theatre Center, storytelling classes funded by the Cares Act, and participated in three Shakespeare Educational Tours, performing and teaching workshops with students all over South Carolina and parts of North Carolina. This Fall she will be playing the Nurse and Tybalt in WHT's Educational Tour of Romeo and Juliet.
During her time living in New York City Lauren developed her solo show titled, “Intimate Dinner; or ‘Tap Water Is Fine’,” which she has performed at Piccolo Spoleto in Charleston, Capital Fringe in D.C., Asheville Fringe Arts Festival in NC, Spartanburg, and Greenville. She received an Individual Artist Grant from the Metropolitan Arts Council which helped produce the show in Greenville. She has directed shows on Governor’s Island in NYC, Clemson, and produced and directed free Shakespeare Game Nights in public spaces around Greenville County.
Lauren holds a BA in Performing Arts, Theater from Clemson University. During her time at Clemson, she also studied Physical Theatre at the Accademia dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy, and at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting in NYC. She also studied clowning with the Humanist Project.