Laura's production dramaturgy includes a range of work in support of educational theatre, including Churchill's Love and Information, Silverman's Witch and The Moors, Ravenhill's (pool) no water, and Barlow/Buchan/Hitchcock's The 39 Steps. As an assistant director and dramaturg, she has worked on Teatro Vista's A View from the Bridge and Fade.
With a focus on marginalized voices, Laura Lodewyck's published writing includes theatre history, acting techniques, performance reviews, and a wide range of theater-related essays. In addition to several years as an arts entertainment reporter for NBC Channel 5 Chicago's Street Team (2008 Emmy Winner Outstanding Achievement for Alternate Media/New Media Interactivity), her work has been featured in journals, magazines, websites, and books, and she has been honored to speak about theatre and the performing arts on panels across the country. As a woman of mixed Hispanic background, Laura especially values raising awareness of theater artists, playwrights, productions, and companies based in the Latine community, as well as women's contributions to the performing arts.
Her writing on the arts has been featured in Theatre Journal, Shakespeare Bulletin, HowlRound, and LatinxShakespeares.com, as well as the anthologies The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas and Makeshift Chicago Stages, winner of the American Society for Theatre Research’s 2020 Collaborative Research Award.
