About

Laura Long (she/her) is a Twin Cities-based theatrical director, music director and actor. With a background in Technical Theatre, as well as K-12 Education, Laura strives to provide opportunities for students to become leaders and helps them to cultivate a love for the performing arts, as well as develop skills in acting and technical theatre. 

Laura strongly believes in celebrating diversity and has received formal training in transformational leadership, cultural diversity, LGBTQIA+ studies, as well as gender & women's studies from St. Cloud State University. 

Though she loves being on stage, her true passion is directing. She has been the principal director/ performing arts program facilitator at North Branch Area High School since 2017, including advising the school's tech club, which trains high school students and provides opportunities for technical theatre application.

During her time at North Branch Area High School, Laura has expanded the performing arts opportunities, including opening up leadership positions for high school students as part of production teams for shows as well as spearheading the efforts to create programming for middle school-aged students as well as opportunities for alumni.

More recently, Laura has expanded her experiences by contracting for several performing arts companies around the Twin Cities area as a Director, Music Director and Props Designer. She continues to search for new opportunities to learn, grow, and become a better human through the performing arts.