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 "Laura Jernigan is a superhero with a tender heart. Terrific actress."     

      ~Matthew Earnest

Height 5'5"                                                                                          Hair Color Red

Weight 215lb                                                             Vocanl Range Mezzo Soprano

EMC

Professional Theatre

A Christmas Carol                         Mrs. Cratchit                    Triad Stage                                   Bryan Conger

Common Enemy (Premiere)        Vinnie Wilson                 Triad Stage                                   Preston Lane

On The Verge                                 Mary                                 History Stage/NRACT                Rebecca Blum
Kindertransport                      Faith                        Burning Coal                      Brian Yandle  

As You Like It                       Phoebe                     Bare Theatre/RLT        Heather Hackford 
Fuddy Meers                         Heidi                        Theatre In The Park     Jesse R. Gephart 
The Tempest                        Prospero, et all       The Tempest Ladies (NYC)         Holly Hart 
Henry V                    Chorus/Quickly/Williams     Kill Mike . . . Use (NYC)   Adam Patterson  The Best Christmas

                Pageant Ever        Imogene/Beth        Classic Productions (Tour)   Serena Ebhardt  Eleemosynary                      Echo                     Raleigh Ensemble Players   Glen Matthews   The Skryker                         Skryker                 Raleigh Ensemble Players   Glen Matthews  Elizabeth:      
Almost by Chance A Woman  Elizabeth               Stillwater Theatre Co.      Matthew Earnest

The Odd Couple (Female Version)  Mickey                     Stillwater Theatre Co.            Carnessa Ottelin

Macbeth                                            Hecate                               Bare Theatre                       Carmen Mandley

Midsummer                                      Peter Quince                     Bare Theatre                       Carmen Mandley

Robin Hood                                     Maid Marian                      Cary Players                       Carmen Mandley

Titus Andronicus                             Marcus                               Bare Theatre                       Carmen Mandley

As You Like It                                   Ensemble                      Raleigh Little Theatre            Carmen Mandley

Much Ado About Nothing                Conrad                             Bare Theatre                       Carmen Mandley

Univerity Theatre

Les Liaisons Dangereuses             Merteuil       U. of North Carolina-Greensboro           Katie Chidester

Iphigenia 2.0                             Clytemnestra       U. of North Carolina-Greensboro            Sarah Hankins

Cabaret                            Fraulein Schneider      U. of North Carolina-Greensboro                 John Gulley

The Vibrator Play                                   Annie       U. of North Carolina-Greensboro          Christine Morris

Trojan Women                                    Hecuba                Meredith Ensemble Theatre              Steven Roten

Steel Magnolias                                   Ouiser                        Extra Theatre Company          Joanna Bunnell

Twelfth Night                                       Sir Toby                Meredith Ensemble Theatre       Catherine Rogers

Nightingale                                          Servant                Meredith Ensemble Theatre              Steven Roten

Abraham and Isaac                                  God                Meredith Ensemble Theatre              Steven Roten

Apple Tree                              Steadfast Heart               Meredith Ensemble Theatre              Steven Roten

The Way of the World                        Amanda               Meredith Ensemble Theatre                      Tony Lea

Children’s Hour                                      Karen                Meredith Ensemble Theatre              Fred Gorelick



Education

Master of Fine Arts – Acting, The University of North Carolina-Greensboro

Acting: Jim Wren, John Gulley; Voice: Christine Morris; Movement: Denise Gabriel; Film: Michael Flannery

Bachelor of Arts – Theatre, Meredith College

Acting: Steven Roten, Catherine Rogers

Additional Training

Singing: Dominick Amendum (Music Supervisor-Wicked), Justin P. Cowan, Fuller Blunt

Viewpoints Techniques Master Class with Anne Bogart; Commercial Workshop with Scott Wojcik

Special Skills

Piano (Basic), Ukulele (Basic), Guitar (Beginner), Stage Combat (Hand to Hand, Found Object,

Single Sword, Basic Rapier and Dagger, Broad Sword, Quarter Staff), Contact Juggling (Intermediate), Comfortable with Dialects, Clowne, Licensed Driver.