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Name:
Lara Anne Ragsdale My advice to Juniors:
Go for it if you really want it. There are tons of opportunities
out there for those who really have the drive, but don't forget to
make friends along the way, because it's often who you know that
gets you the job. |
First Year Associated with Junior Company or Good
Company Players: 1981
Education:
Grade School: Malloch Elementary
Middle School: Lawless Elementary and Middle School
High School : Bullard High School
College or higher education: University of California,
Irvine and California State University, Fresno
Degrees certificates and honors:
B.S. in Social Ecology, Preliminary Multiple Subject
Teaching Credential
Theatrical experience:
13 years with Good Company Players in a variety of
roles, including "Eliza" in My Fair Lady,
"The Mistress" in Evita, and "Golde"
in Fiddler on the Roof.
Role in American Family Theater's tour of A Christmas
Carol, touring the midwest, eastern and southern U.S.
Worked for the Shubert Theater Organization in New York
City for nearly 3 years, where I performed box office
auditing and reported the nightly sales figures to the
chief company officials.
Best memory of Junior Company or Good Company
Players:
Saturday morning rehearsals when we were doing a tap
number. There was always practicing out on Fern, giving
a show to the people walking and driving by.
Most recent performance:
Soloist and choir member at New Covenant Community
Church in Fresno, CA American Family Theater Tour of
"A Christmas Carol", Philadelphia, PA
Greatest achievement or fascinating experiences:
I attended the Tony Awards with Audra McDonald, when she
won her second Tony for her performance in Master Class.
What a night! Only to be outdone by meeting Brad Pitt at
the premiere of Seven" in New York City. Those blue
eyes are fantastic!
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