Laura Irish

Laura Irish is an award-winning actress (stage, screen, commercial), improviser and playwright originally from Illinois. She holds a BA in Theatre and a Masters in Arts Management. Laura studied at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting in NYC in 2013 and she also studied Anne Bogart’s Viewpoints and the Suzuki Method of Actor’s Training for 6 years through Body in Space Theatre Company in New Zealand. She has been an improviser since 2005 and has studied over the past decade with industry greats such as David Razowsky, Patti Stiles, Joe Bill, Jason Geary and Daniel Allan. Laura is the current Artistic Director of The People’s Republic of Improv and has taught improv and acting for the past 5 years. Laura typically works between the USA and New Zealand but has also worked in Australia and South Korea.

She is trained in a variety of other acting methods as well: Stanislavski (1 year), Meisner (6 weeks) and Screen Performance (Andrea Kelland, South Pacific Pictures). She is represented in New Zealand/Australia by The Pro Actors (Tim Gordon – Wellington) and is a member of New Zealand Actors’ Equity. Stage credits include Lady Macbeth (Macbeth), Kathleen Scott (Terra Nova), Myrrha and various characters (Metamorphoses), Cecily (The Importance of Being Ernest), Milady de Winter (The Three Musketeers), numerous improv shows locally, nationally and abroad, Bonnie Parker (Hot Chocolate & The Trail’s End), Puck (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Viola (Twelfth Night) and the award-nominated part of Medea (Medea, solo show written/adapted by Laura Irish).