Award winning actress Laura Mitchell (UDA, Equity, ACTRA), moved to Montreal from the southern U.S. after completing an MFA in acting at the prestigious Case Western University. Here in Montreal, she worked many years with TACcom, (a company that tailor makes corporate theatre) as writer, actor, and “animateur.” She is co-founder of Unwashed Grape, Right NOW! and TOE (Theatre Oust/west End). As founding member of the comedy duo “TITTERS’ she has performed in the Vancouver International Comedy Festival, in comedy clubs in and around Montreal, Seattle, and Vermont. As a writer, she has co-written (with Janis Kirshner): four cabarets: Female Bondage, Lashed But Not Leashed, Same Great Taste, and Put Another Monologue on the Fire. She has also co-written 2 films: one feature film, the quirky, dark comedy, World Without Men (Sheldon Neuberger co-writer, 7 th Art Production, commercial runat Cinema du Parc, many film festivals), and one documentary film, Unbuckling My Bible Belt (Patricia Tassinari, Pandora Film, commercial run at Excentris, Canal D, Montreal International Film Festival and many others festival). With Ann Lambert, and commissioned by GCTC, Laura co-wrote the full-length play, The Mary Project that has seen productions in Montreal, Athens, Greece, and Melbourne, Australia. She teaches English at Dawson College where she also directs The Showtime Troupe. Over the last 26 years, she has directed students in 20 plays and has written two of them: Lissy Walker is Going Home (based onThe Odyssey) and From Dio to Dawn (inspired by The Bacchae), as well as an adaptation of The Balcony and Biederman and the Firebugs. She also taught Dramatic Structure at the National Theatre School for two semesters. Laura has a keen love of story and of story telling and has performed as a storyteller at Blue Metropolis. Laura has participated in story telling workshops and is interested in using the skills she acquired there to work with the oftentimes marginalized communities of the elderly and teens, bringing them together and helping them give voice to their own stories. She continues to act in film, television and on stage. She lives in Montreal with jazz drummer, Eduardo Pipman and Kimba, the wonder dog.