Lauren Tom was raised in Highland Park, Illinois as part of the only Asian family in a largely Jewish neighborhood. She started as a dancer with the Hubbard St. Dance Company and at 18 moved to New York to perform in “A Chorus Line” on Broadway. She has also performed on Broadway in “Hurlyburly” and “Doonesbury” and in numerous plays at the New York Shakespeare Festival including “American Notes” for which she received an Obie Award. She has worked with directors Peter Sellars and Joanne Akalaitis at the Goodman Theater, The Guthrie Theater, La Jolla Playhouse and the Kennedy Center.

Website: http://www.greatleap.org/lauren/