Julia Hogan Laurenson, Artistic Producer
Julia Hogan Laurenson is the Artistic Producer at Metro Theater Company, where she supports artistic productions and projects with a focus on new work and community partnerships. She is a proud recipient of TYA/USA's 2024 Emerging Leader Fellowship. Alongside Jenny Millinger, Julia is co-editor of the anthology “I Have a Story: Plays From an Extraordinary Year,” which paired young people with professional playwrights to create short plays about their pandemic experiences.
She is the former Executive Director for Seesaw Theatre, previously also serving as the Production Manager and Conference and Engagement Director, notably producing Seesaw’s Fourth Annual Inclusive Theatre Festival, a weekend-long conference dedicated to accessibility and inclusion in theatre in 2019. With a passion for developing new work, her recent dramaturgy credits include The Battlefields of Clara Barton by Suzan Zeder & Jenn Hartmann Luck and Without Wings by Ilana Abusch (an Imagine U and PLAYground Festival of Fresh Works collaboration). She has had the honor of interning with Childsplay and Honolulu Theatre for Youth. Julia is a graduate of Northwestern University with a BA in Theatre and History and Modules in Theatre for Young Audiences and Children & Communication.