LAUREN
DODDS

Performer. Producer. Playwright.

About

About me.

quirky. inventive. ambitious.

Hi y'all! I'm Lauren, and I am a 24-year old performer & creator based in NYC.

Though performing is my first love, I believe in carving my own path & creating the work I want to see through producing & playwriting.

A city girl at heart, I was born & raised in Houston, TX. I trained and performed with The Academy at Theatre Under the Stars from a young age, which prepared me in obtaining my BFA in Musical Theatre & Minor in Marketing at Emerson College!

SHow That changed my life:

When I played Jojo in Seussical Jr. at the age of nine! I was hooked.

FUN FACT:

I was named after Lauren Bacall & Olivia de Havilland (my parents are not actors... it was destiny).

SURVIVAL JOBS:

Babysitting, serving, personal assisting, & designing websites (including my own)!

My favorite things:

Listening to Remi Wolf on repeat, reruns of Community & RuPaul's Drag Race, fruit-related clothing & jewelry, thrifting, exploring new coffee shops, & playing Dungeons & Dragons.

ME As A SONg:

"Short Skirt, Long Jacket" by Cake

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Currently...

June 19-22

Lauren will be making her NYC Playwright Debut at The New York Theatre Festival this June with her 20-minute play, The Unknown! She will also be starring in the role of 'Lucy."

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JULY 9th

After working with Lindsay Mendez and Ryan Scott Oliver in their Actor's Therapy Program, Lauren will be performing alongside her AT Family at 54 Below!

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AUG '25

Lauren will be originating the role of "The Manager" in the play I Love Pasta written by Moriah Ritchie this fall with The Barrow Group!

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Monthly at

Lauren is proudly producing & hosting a monthly show at The Green Room 42 with a cabaret of her own invention, Rep Book Roulette, alongside co-producer Anthony Allocca & music director Cullen Curth!

Special guests have included Jasmine Amy Rogers, Cara Rose DiPietro, Alysha Umphress, & more. There are currently performance dates through September 2025!

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Instagram

@WHO.LET.THE.DODDS.OUT

So proud to have worn the second-best Bernadette Peters drag this week!

As a short white woman with auburn hair and a debilitating individuality complex, I’ve never really seen the art of impersonation as something I’ve wanted to do. Of course I love an innocent impression, but embodying another performer onstage is a difficult task! I’d love to continue studying her and bringing BernaDodds out every once in a while (I will still be primarily performing as myself!!), so it’s only up from here. I definitely still have some ways to go in bringing the Bernie-isms to life, but here’s step one ;)

ALSO!! It is very reassuring that in an industry that is primarily focused on contemporary/pop sound at the moment, there’s still an appreciation for the old-school Broadway divas who I’ve always looked up to. Singing 60’s-80’s musical theatre has always been my bread and butter, and I only found out I could do this from singing as myself. There’s definitely more to come!!

“Rep Book Roulette” at @thegreenroom42
Pianist/Bernadette Coach @cullencurth
Produced with @asharp_theaterco
Video captured by @gogo.amour

Playing a bit of video catch-up before a busy two weeks🤩🫧

Quick 90-second excerpt from my @54below debut last Thursday!! Shoutout to @anniebrwn and @caleb.mccarroll for making it happen:)

“54 Sings the Do Not Sing List Vol. 4”
Directed/Produced by Annie Brown
Music Directed/Accompanied by Caleb McCarroll
Videoed/Edited by Lin Manuel @noahsimau_

#actor #performer #nyc #cabaret
#54below #wicked

In honor of the next (and FIRST BIRTHDAY of!!) “Rep Book Roulette” being one week from today… here’s part of our group number from last month! Would’ve loved to post this in May, but we’re staying Lusty in June too I guess!!

Ticket link is in my bio🎟️🌈

#cabaret #singer #camelot #nyc #host #soprano #musicaltheatre

Made my @54Below debut this week🫧💫 with a parody song about a Rep Book… lol is that my niche?? 📸 @jess.massari

So honored to have performed at this iconic venue in the iconic @donotsinglist thanks to ICONIC @anniebrwn. And of course bestie @caleb.mccarroll on the keys. What a great milestone with a great group of people… too many to tag!!

Catch be BACK at 54 Below in 12 days for @underbellytheatreco ‘s 54 Goes Gaga :)

Video soon🙈

Tuesday 5/27/25 Vlog !! Excited to be creating the life I want for myself, one day at a time☺️

#nyc #actor #vlog #dayinthelife

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