BETH LANE
is a multi-hyphenate artist living in Los Angeles and Ojai, California. She is currently producing, directing and writing the feature documentary film, UnBroken which is in post-production. She co-produced the short LGBTQ film, Romeo and Julio before she went on to produce UnBroken Beth coaches actors for film, TV, theater, musicals and voice-over as well as non-actors in public speaking.
Beth has also written a one-woman play entitled, LINA, about her biological grandmother who perished at Auschwitz in 1943 which is in development.
Life in Los Angeles
Francis Ford Coppola cast Beth in his Live Cinema Experiment, Distant Electric Vision modeled after Barbara Walters. In Alexander Baack's indie hit, Hollywood Musical, Beth plays a tough and gritty agent who finds her heart. Beth played Sara Jane Moore in the much-heralded production of West Coast Ensemble’s Assassins, directed by Richard Israel, which garnered the Los Angeles Critic's Award for "Best Ensemble." Beth narrates over 40 voices in the audiobook, The Bride Price, which is available on Audible and iTunes.
Success in New York
After training extensively with William Esper in NYC, Beth then worked in regional theaters and nightclubs around the country. One of Beth’s first jobs in New York City was with the Metropolitan Opera House where she danced the role of NIGHT in Bluebeard’s Castle with the legendary Jessye Norman and Samuel Ramey. A “Usual Suspect” with New York Theater Workshop for several years and a Board Member at the Barrow Group Theater Company, Beth wowed the owners of New York City’s famous Iridium Jazz Club where she debuted and released her CD, Lies of Handsome Men, (available on iTunes).
“A fiercely independent artist, Beth is known to have keen insight and originality in her interpretations. She doesn't sing her Jazz Standards; she acts them, telling stories that break your heart with one glance, then she deftly leaves you crying with laughter.”
Early Theater Life in Chicago
Beth became a dancer at a very early age, as well as an active member of her theatrical community which included Joyce and Byrne Piven’s Young People’s Company in Evanston, Illinois. Beth continued to train in downtown Chicago with Ruth Page, Stone/Camryn, Lou Conte’s Hubbard Street Dancers and at Interlochen in Michigan. She attended New Trier East High School training with Suzanne Adams and Shirley Callaway. After a brief time at Syracuse University, she graduated with a BA in English from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She received her MFA from UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film & Television. Beth played starring roles in Helen, Mary Stuart and The Glass Menagerie where she also taught acting, theatre history and diversity in theatre.
Beth Lane is available for community outreach, educational engagement, keynote speaking and coaching.
wouldyouhideme@gmail.com
