Laura Ann Drake is a professional actor in theater, film, and television. In 2001 she opened Stage Struck, a theater school for young people. She grew up in Minnesota and since 1978 has lived in Los Angeles and Seattle. Drake's study of historic theater, especially vaudeville, started in 1979. As a result of her research, she wrote and directed a play about vaudeville in Seattle, and in Los Angeles, she met and directed older performers (some ex-vaudevillians) in a play about their lives. Drake has taught the history of vaudeville in Seattle area public schools, and she wrote a play on the topic for her high school students that was performed at Moore Theatre, one of Seattle's oldest performing venues.
From the description of Laura Drake Seattle Historic Theaters Project oral history collection, 1980-2000 (bulk 2000). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 60843091
