Laura Crotte

Born in Mexico Tenochtitlan--Laura Crotte--a stage actress, vocalist, dance instructor, and deviser of own productions since an early age, spends a decade in Veracruz training mask techniques, world dances, and Guestalt psychotherapy working as Non-verbal Communication professor, voice-over artist and coach; translating, producing, and touring national and internationally with puppets, musical, and original productions. LaCrotti has been over 2 decades in Chicago as union theatre actress performing in English in full productions, stage readings and developmental workshops; touring to Colorado, Pennsylvania, California, Washington, Oregon, and Wisconsin. She has performed in Spanish in Chicago, Peru, Argentina, Cuba, Canada, and extensively Mexico. Ms Crotte has been a bilingual educator, art and culture consultant, teaching artist, music instructor, professional development trainer, and performer throughout numerous schools, libraries, community centers in Illinois, Wisconsin, NW Arkansas, and Mexico. She has directed, adapted, and devised theatrical pieces; designing and constructing costumes, masks, music, movement, and sound for community performances as well as Goodman Theatre- who produced her own adaptation of Lorca´s Blood Wedding.  She trains parents involved in education, early learning, literacy and bilingualism. She is a vocalist who devises sound and song, performs concerts, and records ocasionally. Her film credits include shorts, feature, national and international festivals.  McArthur Foundation supported a binational cultural exchange she designed and produced between community organizers and artists, scholars, women/indigenous rights leaders from Chicago and Multicultural Mexico.