Background
Drake, Laura was born on March 1, 1949 in Eureka, California, United States. Daughter of Stephen Drake and Laura Anne Morel.
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Laura Drake
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Bachelor in Interdisciplinary Creative Arts, San Francisco State University, 1973; Master of Fine Arts in Dramatic Production, University Texas, 1985.
Career
Director, coordinator, Austin (Texas) Theatre Artists' Collective, 1984-1985; artistic director, Creatrix Prodns., New Orleans, 1985-1989; assistant professor theatre, U. Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, 1987-1991; appointment artist, spare/changes artistic resident, Atlantic Center for Arts, 1990; artistic director, Gabriella Rosetti Prodns., New York City, since 1992; founder, general partner, Designer's Edge Studio, New York City, since 1993. Adjunct assistant professor performing arts, guest director CUNY, since 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Member Artists' Alliance (Lafayette, program committee 1989-1991, board directors), Festival International de Louisiane (board directors 1989-1991), Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Psi Omega.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Morton Brown Research fellow University Texas, Austin, 1981, 82. Recipient Partnership award Acadiana Arts Council, 1988-1991, Inter-Arts award National Endowment for the Arts, 1990, New Performance award Louisiana Division of the Arts, 1990.Morton Brown Research fellow University Texas, Austin, 1981, 82. Recipient Partnership award Acadiana Arts Council, 1988-1991, Inter-Arts award National Endowment for the Arts, 1990, New Performance award Louisiana Division of the Arts, 1990.