Lauren Wilson

Lauren Wilson is an actor, director, playwright, and teacher. She is a core faculty member at the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre, where she served for the past five years as School Director.

Lauren received an MFA in Theatre from Sarah Lawrence College in 2007, and a BA from Reed College in 1989. She is currently in her tenth year as a faculty member at Dell’Arte, where she teaches physical acting, mask performance, commedia dell’arte, embodied voice, ensemble creation, and clown. She has also taught actors and writers at the State University of New York, Humboldt State University, Zimbabwe Theatre Academy, and American Conservatory Theater.

In addition to teaching, Lauren has directed and performed in many productions with Dell’Arte, and collaborated with physical theatre performers and ensembles around the world. Several of her plays are available through Dramatists Play Service, and in the Vintage anthology Laugh Lines.