Lauren’s role in the arts is that of a director/producer/performer/ advocate for justice+change and community facilitator. Lauren is the founding Producing Artistic Director of the award-winning No Dream Deferred NOLA, a community-anchored theatre production company that is dedicated to the development of new works by global majority writers, originating in the south. Additionally, Lauren leads as co-executive director of the Andre Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice. Lauren is driven by her interest in equitable, place-based, culturally relevant theatre especially as it pertains to the global south. Coming up for No Dream Deferred is the inaugural WE WILL DREAM: New Works Festival | March 19, 2023- June 19, 2023. Visit www.nodreamdeferrednola.com for more information.