King of Kong: The Musical Parody WINNER:
BEST MUSICAL HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL 2015
AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SONGWRITING 2015
TOP OF FRINGE NOMINEE 2015
BEST OVERALL MUSICAL NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL 2014
and of the Serial Killers competition at Sacred Fools Theater
Lauren Van Kurin "LVK" is an actor, improviser, writer, voice over artist, and world traveler based in Los Angeles, CA. You may have seen me on LIFETIME's MY CRAZY EX or JIMMY KIMMEL! Raised in Yorba Linda, California, Lauren attended Esperanza High School then ventured to Indiana University, where she majored in TeleCommunications and minored in Theatre (she should have double majored but no respectable person majors in theatre). She studied abroad at Goldsmiths College in London, England her junior year taking theatre & writing classes, adventuring all over Europe, and even working at a West End Theatre (Blood Brothers! selling ice creams, programs & loot) because the English pack classes into 3 or 4 days a week, too much time on her hands.
After graduating, Lauren moved to Chicago to pursue the theatrical stage. In the meantime she took an internship with The Second City. Having never taken an improv class, she fell in love with the people on that mainstage. She decided she wanted that theatre to hire her. She studied at The Second City Conservatory, iO, and The Annoyance Theatre.
Lauren has performed in Chicago at The Second City's Unhinged Series, iO (formerly Improv Olympic) and the Del Close Festival in NYC with her improv group BoxCo, The New York Fringe Festival, Chicago Sketchfest, The Out of Bounds Festival, Baby Wants Candy, numerous improvised and written shows at Second City, The Annoyance and iO Chicago/West. She's performed with The Second City on Norwegian Cruise Line Vessels the Spirit, Epic and Pearl. You can find her all over funnyordie, youtube, vimeo and Twitter!
You can see her perform at iO West with her Harold team MAX, Sacred Fools Theater, UCB, Second City Hollywood or various other theater's in 2015!
After graduating, Lauren moved to Chicago to pursue the theatrical stage. In the meantime she took an internship with The Second City. Having never taken an improv class, she fell in love with the people on that mainstage. She decided she wanted that theatre to hire her. She studied at The Second City Conservatory, iO, and The Annoyance Theatre.
Lauren has performed in Chicago at The Second City's Unhinged Series, iO (formerly Improv Olympic) and the Del Close Festival in NYC with her improv group BoxCo, The New York Fringe Festival, Chicago Sketchfest, The Out of Bounds Festival, Baby Wants Candy, numerous improvised and written shows at Second City, The Annoyance and iO Chicago/West. She's performed with The Second City on Norwegian Cruise Line Vessels the Spirit, Epic and Pearl. You can find her all over funnyordie, youtube, vimeo and Twitter!
You can see her perform at iO West with her Harold team MAX, Sacred Fools Theater, UCB, Second City Hollywood or various other theater's in 2015!
LVK as Steve Wiebe in King of Kong The Musical. Written by and starring LVK and Amber Ruffin. Photo by Marian Gonzalez