Oskar Eustis;
Artistic Director, Public Theater
Lauren Keating is the real thing. She is a force to be reckoned with, and I know she will make major contributions to the American Theater.
Daniel Sullivan;
Tony Winner, Best Direction for PROOF
Lauren is extremely smart, observant and has excellent communication skills. To these I would add: A sense of humor, a sense of rhythm and timing, a good eye and that most ineffable quality – knowing when a “moment” feels right on the stage. It’s clear that Lauren can translate difficult ideas into clarifying action and that she can communicate these ideas to actors.
Elaine Avila;
Robert Hartung Endowed Chair, University of New Mexico, MFA Program, Dramatic Writing
It is rare to find a director with such openness, range, and sense of fun. Lauren is up to any challenge. She can work with a wide range of people, from young actors to seasoned professionals. She has a wealth of strategies for developing work. The dramaturgical outline she created was so excellent that I incorporated it, with her permission, into a class for my MFA playwrights. Lauren is an inspiring, clear director.
Amanda Charlton;
Artistic Associate, Williamstown Theatre Festival
In her work, Lauren demonstrates an excellent understanding of the script, and was able to convey her opinions to the actors and designers in a constructive manner. In everything she has directed at Williamstown, she has brought a clear artistic vision, an inventive visual aesthetic and the actors were unified in their understanding of the play. Her calm and confident demeanor combined with her experience and tremendous people and communication skills served Williamstown quite well. Many people remarked to me how valuable she was to the community. Her intelligence, humor and strength of character combined with her tremendous artistic ability make her an exceptional director.
Maria Mileaf;
Professional Director, Featured in American Theater Magazine
Lauren has the ability to make clear, confident choices and to flesh them out with visual, physical and language based ideas. She has a mature sense of rhythm and is able to implement ideas and craft motion with wit and boldness. She is smart, curious, witty and considerate. She offers her opinions with kindness and specificity. She seeks out criticism in order to challenge herself. She takes advantage of the world around her.
Will Frears;
Professional Director
Lauren shows a keen understanding of the particularities of working on a classic text; how language informs character and action, the ways in which the play works both personally and politically and how the two operate in tandem. Her thoughts on staging were always deft and appropriate – large enough and open enough to allow the play to breathe. She was also, on a more prosaic level, punctual, discreet and never anything less than utterly professional. I have nothing but good things to say about her work.
