Lauren Jost is a multi-disciplinary theatre artist specializing in collaboratively devised original theatre

Theatre Artist

As the Founder and Executive/Artistic Director of Spellbound Theatre, Lauren has collaborated as a director, playwright, and designer on three original works of  theatre for young audiences utilizing physical theatre, puppetry, and multi-media projections.  She has also collaborated as a playwright and performer on many other originally devised performances in New York and the West Coast.
Lauren is a 2014-15 New Victory Theatre LabWorks Resident Artist, and a recipient of a 2013 Henson Foundation Family Grant, as well as a recipient of many other grants and residencies for her work in creating innovative work for young audiences.

Creating and performing original ensemble-based performances:

• "Ears, Nose, and Tail", Spellbound Theatre (New Victory LabWorks Project)
  
• "Memory", Spellbound Theatre (SPARC Project)
• "Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Please", Spellbound Theatre
  
• "Under the Tree", Spellbound Theatre
  
• "Aidee", Spellbound Theatre
  
• “Wink”, Spellbound Theatre
  
• “The Red Dress”, A Space Between
  
• "The Body Image Show", Whitworth University
  

Playwright, original and adapted scripts

• "Grump", Spellbound Theatre
  
• “Listen to the Wind”, American Place Theatre (New York, NY)
  
• "The Light Princess", New York University Theatrix Fesitval
  
• "Portia of the West", Mae West Fest (Seattle, WA)