Lauren Schaad is an actor, improviser and educator based in Denver, Colorado.
Classically trained, she earned her BA in Theater from Colby College in the wilds of Maine. Lauren is a gifted improviser and has studied with ImprovBoston, Second City and is currently a main stage cast member with Denver’s Chaos Bloom Theater. As an acting and improv coach, she has crafted and led bespoke workshops for large organizations including BMW Group, Patagonia, as well as for nimble startups and nonprofits like Special Olympics Colorado.
A firm believer that the arts should be accessible to all, Lauren has special expertise in empowering women, individuals with disabilities, and incarcerated people through the dramatic arts. As a facilitator with Action Change Theatre (ACT) Ensemble, she and participants explore the meaning of performance in Colorado’s prison system - her most rewarding work to date. Lauren has studied trauma-informed expressive arts with Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, as a means of supporting a wide range of lived experiences.
When she’s not performing or teaching, Lauren is either baking or hiking, or playing with her black cat. She’s an avid world traveler and would have definitely joined Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Tales of her globetrotting adventures can be found at SheClimbs.com.
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“I never liked getting up in front of other people. Lauren put me at ease.”
“For the first time in months, our remote team found something that felt like the simple yet powerful act of sitting together at lunch.”
“Lauren was very clever. She has an obvious strong grasp of the material and a genuine love of people.”
What i was made for
My work establishes and restores joyful balance. No matter the setting — whether your stage, festival, board room, or barn, I use fundamental dramatic principles to elicit deeper connection among people. No need to be funny or quick on your feet. A desire to make others look good is all it takes.