Laura McKenna
Actor-Singer-Dancer
“Musically, the finest performance comes from Laura McKenna. She has a full, rich soprano, lovely in the slow, lyrical passages, and she sings the surprising high notes and coloratura sections with ease. In terms of acting, McKenna is the best at portraying pure virtue’s comically uncomprehending attitude toward vice-ridden ideas we take for granted.”
-Christopher Hoile with Stage Door
Laura McKenna is an actor, singer, & dancer originally from Sarasota, Florida, and is based in NYC. An authentic genre crossing performer, Laura takes on comedic belting roles (like Evelyn Nesbit with American Stage), has performed leading soprano roles at the Ohio Light Opera Company, and bring's high-energy dancing to large ensemble shows (Frozen with the Maltz Jupiter Theatre).
Making her professional debut dancing in The Music Man with The St. Petersburg Opera Company in 2018, Laura shortly thereafter pursued two degrees in BFA Musical Theatre & BM Vocal Performance with a minor in Dance at Florida Southern College, graduating Summa Cum Laude. Born into a classical music family, she spent most of her childhood training in classical ballet, singing in a touring children’s choir, performing in her school’s theatre department, and reading the entire young adult section of her local library.
Laura serves as Soprano Section Leader & Soloist at First United Methodist Church of Sarasota, FL. With a passion for helping dancers, she is also a pointe shoe fitter at a regional dance store, and works as a social media manager for a fitness startup company. In her free time, Laura enjoys crafting of all kinds, visiting local farmers markets, reading World War II Historical fiction novels (specifically anything with a female spy heroine), and loving her black cat, Jasper.
Confident, polished, genre crossing professional with a spark of originality.
