LAUREL LYLE

Laurel Lyle loves a good story.  Whether it’s sprawling with her daughters on a sleeping bag under the stars listening to The Sally Lockhart Trilogy by flashlight, or dozing under the makeup table on a two show day of Streetcar Named Desire while Tammi Tappan (aka Stella) reads David Sedaris…being read to is one of her life’s greatest pleasures.    Laurel recently starred in the world premiere of Michael Smith’s Bad Dog at Center Stage Theatre. She has performed locally at the Rubicon Theatre in The Diary of Anne Frank (Miep), was part of Rubicon Theatre’s international collaboration with Manitoba Theatre Center, as Miss Fellows in Tennessee Williams’ Night of the Iguana, and also appeared as Eunice in A Streetcar Named Desire. At the Ensemble Theatre she has been featured in Humble Boy, A Lovely Sunday at Creve Coeur and Side Man (Independent Theatre Award.)  Favorite roles at the Garvin Theatre include Ouisa in Six Degrees of Separation, Lyssa in An American Daughter and Agnes in Dancing at Lughnasa.  She has the distinction of being featured in Jane Fonda’s four least favorite films…Agnes of God, The Morning After, Old Gringo and Stanley and Iris and earned a Los Angeles EMMY AWARD for her work on public television.  A native of Los Angeles, Laurel lives in Santa Barbara with her husband, David Hodges (the best reader in the world!) and their three wonderful daughters, Kate, Tess and Emma.

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