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Lauren's Bio

LAUREN HELPERN
ACCOMPLISHED
AHEAD OF THE CURVE

TEACHING

  • Guest professor - Set Design:
    • Indiana University/Bloomington
    • New York University
    • SUNY/Purchase
    • UMass/Amherst

MEMBER

  • American Association of Museums
  • American Association of State and Local History
  • International Museum Theatre Alliance
  • National Association for Museum Exhibition
  • Off Broadway Alliance
  • Themed Entertainment Association
  • United Scenic Artists Local 829

EDUCATION

  • MFA in Set Design - NYU/Tisch School of the Arts
  • BA - Brown University

    HONORS

    • Obie Award for "BUG", 2004, NYC
    • Eddy Award for "Blue Man Group/Live at Luxor", 2001
    • Amercian Theatre Wing Hughes Award Nomination for "None of the Above", 2003, NYC
    • Susan Ross Steinfeld Award for Theater Arts, Brown University
    • New Georges Kitchen Cabinet - Artist Board for a theatre company

    THEATRICAL WEBSITE

    http://www.laurenhelpern.com

    SPECIALTIES

    Event, graphic, installation, and fixture design.

    PROFILE

    When Luce needed a projection designer for a special event, Lauren was recruited and then remained to fill a critical design role within Luce's growing design collaboration, creating everything from graphics to ground plans. Most recently she has adapted her skills to fixture design and light installations.

    Over Lauren's impressive career, she has created corporate interiors and graphics, book covers and banners, TV commercials and industrial videos, and 200 theatrical and dance productions. She has worked for such headline corporate names as Merrill Lynch, BEA Systems, Chrysler, and Tamiflu.

    Within the theatre world she has collaborated with popular artists Blue Man Group and on projects that range from a Broadway play to an opera in Anchorage. She has given her time, with Luce partner Traci Klainer, to numerous benefits including 'Nothing Like a Dame' for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the Storm Theatre World AIDS Day Concerts.

    HISTORY

    • Joined Luce Group, 2001
    • LLHdesign, 1993-present
    • Associate/Assistant Set Designer on and off-Broadway 1988-2000

    APPLAUSE

    • Entertainment Design
    • Lighting and Sound America
    • New York Times
    • New York Times On Line - Interview [with Luce partner Traci Klainer]
    • Theater work reviews from around the US