Lara Macgregor

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Lara works as an actor, director, dramaturg and performance coach in theatre and film in New Zealand. She studied acting in New York City with Uta Hagen, Anthony Abeson and Tony Greco and subsequently worked for ten years as an actor in the U.S. She holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Directing from The National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney and has directed over 40 productions in the last decade. In 2009, Lara was appointed Associate Artistic Director at The Court Theatre in Christchurch, and in 2010 became Artistic Director at Fortune Theatre in Dunedin. Her directing highlights include Red; In the Next Room (or the vibrator play); Play; Tribes; Souvenir; The Caretaker; Punk Rock; and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Since 2015 she has freelanced across all disciplines with multiple companies including Auckland Theatre Company, The Court Theatre, Circa Theatre, Centrepoint Theatre, The Actors’ Program, and the University of Otago Theatre Studies. Recent Film and TV acting credits include: Deborah in Bad Behaviour Dir: Alice Englert; Mrs Roidern in One of Us is Lying and Sgt Gillian Carmichael in Clickbait on Netflix. Lara is represented by the wonderful team at Gail Cowan Management.