Laura Warren

Bio

Laura Warren is a video designer for theatre, dance, live music, and opera. Originally from Saskatchewan, she studied theatre design at the University of Regina before discovering a love for projection design while attending the National Theatre School of Canada’s Production Design and Technical Arts program. Following her graduation from NTS in 2015, she has worked across Canada, including five seasons as the assistant projection designer for the Shaw Festival. Her designs utilize a range of visual media including 3D modelling and animation, digital graphics, historical and found footage, slide projectors, motion capture, live feed, photography, and film. Her designs have toured to the United States, France, and Northern Ireland. Her design work has been nominated for three Dora Mavor Moore Awards, receiving one for seven methods of killing kylie jenner. She coaches video design at the National Theatre School of Canada. Laura is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada and the current chair of the ADC’s Video Design Caucus.

Select design work includes: The Wizard of Oz (Citadel Theatre); Searching for Aimai (Cahoots); CHILD-ish, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (Tarragon Theatre); The Master Plan, #34 (Globe Theatre); Shedding a Skin, Grace, (Nightwood Theatre); Qalb: A journey of the Ego (1S1 Theatre); Aportia Chryptych (COC); seven methods of killing kylie jenner (Obsidian); shaniqua in abstraction (Crow’s); No Save Points (Outside the March); Of the Sea (Obsidian / Tapestry); The Queen in Me (Nightwood / Amplified Opera / Gargantua / COC); Is God Is (Canadian Stage / Obsidian / Necessary Angel), 21 Black Futures (Obsidian / CBC Arts), InAbsentia (JDdance), Pomegranate (Pomegranate Opera / Buddies in Bad Times), The Black Drum (Deaf Culture Centre / Soulpepper), and Bearing (Signal Theatre / Luminato Festival).