Laura Galt

Laura Galt is an actor, Drama Desk Winner and Tony Nominated Broadway producer, indie film producer, dancer, director, casting director, assistant director, and educator/teaching artist. Laura has served on Zach Theatre's Education Board and is involved as a teaching artist and judge for Young Playwrights for Change, a national middle school playwriting competition run by the American Alliance for Theatre and Education in collaboration with Zach Theatre. Young Playwrights for Change has a goal to produce meaningful conversations that will ripple across our nation to provoke change by sparking conversations and discussion throughout classrooms, schools, and communities. Laura has also worked in Los Angeles at International Creative Management, as an associate publicist for Nancy Seltzer Public Relations, was a part of the publicity team for Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Kathy Bates, Placido Domingo, Rob Reiner, and Jonathan Demme's acclaimed film Philadelphia. Laura was also Julia Louis Dreyfus's assistant and worked for Burt Reynolds Productions. She coordinated extras casting on Friday's Child (starring Tye Sheridan of X-Men and Ready Player One) and co-conceptualized/produced SXSW panels, "Hollywood to Broadway: Adapting Films for Stage," and "Film and Music: Collaborating on Broadway." Recognized for her performance as Judy in A Kid Like Jake, Laura won Broadway.com/Austin's Best Supporting Actress and Actor to Watch. Laura was a cast member of Company of Angeles' Production of David's Mother which won Los Angeles' prestigious Dramalogue, Ovation, and Garland Awards. Memorable moments: The Prom, Broadway and ancillary productions, ADR/Voice Over sessions on Scream (Wes Craven), Daylight (Rob Cohen), Father's Day (Ivan Reitman), and House Arrest (Harry Winer), her recurring role as Carrie, The Nerd, on Saved By The Bell, The New Class, and dancing/training with famed dance greats Joe Tremaine, Doug Caldwell, Marguerite Derricks, Michael Rooney, Tyce Diorio, Charles Klapow, Wade Robson, Danny Herman, Rocker Verastique, and Claude Thompson. Laura enjoys championing education, up and coming filmmakers, theatre, dance, and has a goal of involving herself and others in stage and screen narratives that have relevant messages and shift representation paradigms for women, youth, and underrepresented populations. www.atxrandom.com Additionally, Laura holds Masters Degrees in Communication Disorders/Speech Language Pathology and in Educational Administration. She provides accent modification training to actors and business professionals. Laura has been known to blog her "random thoughts" at http://atxrandom.blogspot.com/. For updates on Laura's latest projects check out www.lauragalt.com (acting) and www.atxrandom.com (production)