Loren's Bio
Loren’s passion is giving actors the skills to go after their dreams and succeed in the businesses of acting and life. Her clients have been seen on television in Malcolm in the Middle, on film in Norbit with Eddie Murphy, The Crucible with Daniel Day Lewis and on stage in Deaf West’s National Tour of Big River, as well as in numerous commercials. Loren’s students have gone on to study in the drama programs of Milliken Middle School, Hamilton Performing Arts, Boston College, NYU, and Emerson College, as well as placing as finalists in the Irene Ryan Awards. Her teaching credentials include the All Children’s Theatre Ensemble and performing arts camps on the East Coast, StudiOne in Sherman Oaks and Glendale Community College. Currently she is the Program Director for the Lankershim Arts Center - Acting Program where she teaches adults and children ages 5 to 95. The Youth Acting Program has participated in the West Hollywood Book Fair, North Hollywood Arts Scene, St. Francis Elementary School Fair and the Colfax Elementary School Fair among others. Loren has spoken at many of the local school Career Days, such as Providence High, Notre Dame High, The Buckley School, and Mayfield Senior School.
Loren’s training began at the age of five as a dancer, actor, and musician. In college, she found her calling as a director. Loren studied Shakespeare at Middlesex Polytechnic in London, England, and graduated with a Theatre Major (cum laude) from the University of San Diego, CA. Theatre director, Anne Bogart - named one of the four greatest theatre directors of the 20th century - invited Loren to join her at the Conservatory of the Trinity Repertory Company, a Tony Award-winning theatre in Providence now known as the Brown University/Trinity Rep Consortium. While in New England, Loren directed plays, to rave reviews, such as a revival of Broadway's The Kathy and Mo Show, Dario Fo's We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay!, and the Humanifest success, Keely and Du.
In Los Angeles, Loren was selected for the prestigious American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women, where she directed and produced her first film, SURPRISE. Her award-winning film, Cries from Ramah, won “Best Short Film” at the Sedona International Film Festival, “Best of the Fest” at the Rochester International Film Festival and qualified for the 79th Academy Awards. She is also the Director for the Wiz Kidz television pilot and her upcoming feature debut, Creative Differences with Justin Shilton (Little Miss Sunshine, Aviator) Josh Alba (Dark Angel, Monk, The Division) Dennis Haskins (Saved by the Bell) and Mary Kennedy (ER).
She has been an observing director on Boston Public, Providence, Strong Medicine, The Practice and General Hospital. Loren is also a directing member of Theatre Neo. In 2000, her production of JUGGLING SCROD, produced by the Theatre of Hope, was nominated for seven awards, including Best Director, for the Valley Theatre League’s Artistic Director Awards.