Laura Gallagher Byrne | Voice over actor

About Laura

Member sinceFeb 10, 2020

LocationNantucket Island, Nantucket, MA 02554, USA (GMT -4)

Laura is graduate of Shenandoah University and Conservatory of Music Musical Theater program, and holds a masters degree in Theatre Education from Emerson College. She studied Meisner Technique at The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, and Shakespeare with Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, MA. As an actor, favorite credits include: Annette in God of Carnage, Karen in Dinner with Friends, Rona Lisa Peretti in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Flavia in Noises Off. Laura is the artistic director and founder of Dreamland Stage Company and has directed its productions of The Diary of Anne Frank, Peter Pan, Polkadots, The Cool Kids Musical, To Kill a Mockingbird, James and The Giant Peach, Dr. Dolittle, Goosebumps, The Musical, Blue, HIgh School Musical, and this season’s production of The Lion King. Additional directing credits include: The Drowsy Chaperone, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Elf, The Musical, The Lion King, Brigadoon, The King and I, and The Pajama Game for Nantucket Public Schools. Oliver!, Peter Pan, Rounding Third, Cinderella, Madeline’s Christmas, Really Rosie, and Love, Loss, and What I Wore for Theatre Workshop of Nantucket. Laura recently served on the panel to rewrite The Massachusetts Frameworks for Theatre, and is a recipient of The 2011 Advocacy for Children Award. She is a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, the American Alliance for Theatre in Education, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and TYA USA.

Skills and services offered

- Language
  English - USA and Canada
  English - British
- Voice gender & age
  Female young adult
  Female adult
  Child
  Male teenager
- Additional services offered
  Deliver edited and finished voice over
  Write the copy
- Recording and delivery options
  Digital delivery
  On-site recording
  Remote live direction
  Location
  Nantucket Island, Nantucket, MA 02554, USA
- Additional vocal abilities
  British, Southern, Valley Girl, New York City (New Yawk), Irish, Boston. "Laura Gallagher Byrne... keep breaking my heart open with her transcendent talents; [her] gifts fuel my writing and my life" Nancy Thayer, Author. Laura Gallagher Byrne is a performance artist, singer, and actor with a gift for comedy, accents, and wry commentary. Her commericals are regularly featured throughout the region.
- Experience, training, and equipment
  Laura arrives naturally to VO / Narration after years of extensive performance work in both theatre, television, film and radio. She has taught acting and interview technique, as well as vocal diction and voice for Musical Theatre. She taught theatre and music at the middle at high school level for twelve years, where she developed the performing arts program curriculum. As Director of Education at The Nantucket Dreamland, Laura serves as producer, director, actor and vocal coach for a full artistic season of live theatre for youth and families including drama, comedy, musicals and staged readings. She earned her Masters in Theatre Education with Emerson College, and has participated in both teaching and acting intensives including Shakespeare & Company in the Berkshires, Lincoln Center Theatre Education in New York City, and American Alliance for Theatre in Education. Laura possesses a unique understanding of the creative process of the writer, and has an intuitive connection to character, style, time and place.

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