Laurel Minter

Laurel's the Founding Artistic Director of Two Roads Ensemble and former Artistic Director of Open Door Theater. She's directed numerous plays, including Crimes of the Heart, for Woodinville Repertory Theater, and served as Assistant Director for The Weir, by Conor McPherson, at the Intiman Theater. Laurel received her BFA in acting from Southern Methodist University. She earned an MA in Psychology from Antioch University and an MFA in Film from UCLA. She won several awards including a Samuel Goldwyn and a Sloan Foundation/Tribeca writing award for her screenplays. She was a 2012 Nicholl Fellowship finalist for her screenplay, When Thunder Sleeps, and wrote and directed the award-winning short, Maria in the Kitchen, with Nik Perleros. As a stage actress, she has appeared on stage at the Seattle Fringe Festival, Woodinville Repertory Theatre, Alice B. Theater, Freehold Theater, Everett Performing Arts Center, New City Theater. She has toured nationally and internationally, including Panama and South Korea, for Open Door Theatre. She lives in Los Angeles.