A native of Texas, Laureen earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree
from Arizona State University. She is a Metropolitan Opera National Council
Auditions winner and a veteran of both opera and musical theater in the
US and Europe, appearing as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Nancy
in Albert Herring, Johanna in Sweeney Todd, Cinderella in
Into the Woods, and most recently as Reno Sweeny in Anything
Goes. She has sung with the Omaha Symphony Orchestra, Nebraska Wind
Symphony, Opera Omaha, and Heartland Opera. She was music director for
the Omaha Theater Co for Young People's production of Annie and
the SNAP! production of Falsettos.