LAUREN  COOK
Height:5’6”
Eyes:Green Hair:Blonde
Laur.Cook42@gmail.com / 917.374.9012

TV / Film / Internet (ok all internet)
Chaos Theory Jessica Fletcher: Principal
Broadband sitcom
Phoebeworks Productions
Co-creator, writer, script supervisor, and performer; www.phoebetv.com

Floaters Megan Gallagher: Principal            head writer – Brooke Berman
*2008 Emmy Award winning broadband sitcom, 2008 Sundance PGA Labs Official Selection
Phoebeworks Productions
Performer and Emmy winning writer in 15 thirty-minute episode season; www.phoebetv.com

In Your Head Darla; Principal                                   dir. Francis Mrema
*Official selection of the New York Independent International Film and Video Festival”

A Fish Called Fibkins Courtney; Principal                       dir. William Dipippo

The Argument Anne; Principal                                   dir. Mark Tuohy
Columbia University

Rescue Lorie; Principal                                   dir. Mark Tuohy                                              Columbia University

­­­­­­­­­­­­Sketch / Improvisational Comedy
Quiet Library; Lauren             Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, The Pit, Magnet
Writer and performer             Theater / dir. Michael Delaney

Cookin’ With Oil Loretta             Gotham City Improv

Off-Broadway Theater
The Seagull; Paulina                   The Cherry Orchard Players / dir. Alexandre Marine
The Arc Light Theatre

Off-off Broadway Theater
Philomel and Procne First Villager                        Amato Opera House / dir. Michael Arthur

Combustion: COVET Beat Poet                        Amato Opera House / dir. Rebekkah Ross

Endgame Hamm              Minor Latham Playhouse / dir. Denny Partridge

Do You Like Pizza? One-Woman Show       Minor Latham Playhouse / dir. Steve Friedman

Vagina Monologues Angry               Columbia University / dir. Shauna Lucey

Ifigenia and Other Daughters Ensemble                     Minor Latham Playhouse / dir. Becky Guy

Training
BA cum laude (theatre) Barnard College, Columbia University, February 2004 (GPA – 3.7)

Stanislavsky Summer School, Moscow Art Summer Academy & School of Russian Art Theatre Summer Workshop

Upright Citizens Brigade; Long-Form Improvisational Theater

Armando Diaz: Improvisational Theater, Sketch Comedy Writing

Senior Thesis Solo Performance                                         Steve Friedman

Scene Study (Chekhov)                                                         Alexander Marine, Felix Ivanov, Erica Eigenberg

Movement                                                                     Andrei Droznin, Slava Dogachev

Acting Shakespeare                                                      Steve Friedman

Acting Chekhov                                                                      Oleg Heyfets

Improv Comedy            Armando Diaz; Betsy Stover; Seth Morris; Jason Mantzoukas; Owen Burke (Upright Citizens Brigade)

Skills
Southern/Midwestern Dialects, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Running, Swimming, Driver’s License