Abstract
Lara Macgregor is an actor, director and performance coach. She studied acting in New York City and worked for ten years as an actor in the United States. She also holds a postgraduate diploma in Directing from The National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia. Lara has given a number of highly acclaimed performances on stage and screen throughout Aotearoa and internationally including in Misery; When the Rain Stops Falling; Bad Behaviour; One of Us Is Lying; Clickbait and Shortland Street. In 2009, Lara was appointed Associate Artistic Director at The Court Theatre in Ōtautahi/Christchurch, and in 2010 became Artistic Director at Fortune Theatre in Ōtepoti/Dunedin (see https://courttheatre.org.nz/ourpeople/lara-macgregor).