Lauren Yarger

Lauren Yarger...

is Connecticut Editor for the New York -based internet theater magazine "CurtainUp" (http://curtainup.com/) and Editor of the Connecticut Arts Connection (http://ctarts.blogspot.com). She is a voting member of The Outer Critics Circle, The Drama Desk and the American Theater Critics Association and a member of the Society of Professional Journalists. She formerly worked in theater management at the Bushnell and for the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.

When she's not reviewing Connecticut theater, she's reviewing Broadway and off-Broadway shows for Masterwork Productions, Inc. These reviews at http://reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com are the only source for a professional review with an added Christian perspective. She writes, directs and produces for theater. Her three-year tour of "Early One Morning," a one-woman musical about the life of Mary Magdalene, ended with an Off-Broadway showcase and her Christian musical adaptation of a Christmas Carol, won a 2000 VT Bessie Award. A freelance writer, she resides with her husband in Granby, Connecticut. They have two grown children.