Laura Shepherd (Email) Laura Shepherd is extremely happy to be Studio East's Education Director, and has enjoyed teaching for the Studio since June 2001. Laura is a graduate of Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music, where she received Bachelor's degrees in Music Education and Theatre. Some of her fondest college memories are of Directing The Wizard of Oz and Peter Pan, both of which involved young actors from the Oberlin community as well as college students. She is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Educational Theatre from New York University through summer courses. Laura loves working with kids of all ages, and spends most of her time Directing musical productions and teaching singing classes with 3rd-10th graders; a dozen private voice students round out her schedule. Laura has Directed and Musically Directed Studio East ArtReach! productions at elementary schools all over the Eastside since 2002. She has also Musically Directed Into the Woods and Oklahoma! at Youth Theatre Northwest with middle and high school students. Most recently Laura Directed A Midsummer Night's Dream - one of the Studio's Teen Summer Camps. This year she is proud to be Directing The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up in the Studio's Homeschool Program. Laura has also been a company member of StoryBook Theater since 2001, most recently appearing in The Frog Prince and The Ugly Duckling. You may have seen her at the Kirkland Performance Center as Fruma-Sarah in Fiddler on the Roof. Laura also sings joyfully with BlueStreet Voices, a vocal jazz ensemble active in the Seattle area since 2002. www.bluestreetvoices.com Twenty-five voices of pure jazz.