Bio

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Laura Rocklyn is an actress, writer, and first person historical interpreter. She has performed with regional theater companies across the United States, including The Folger Theatre, Round House Theatre, Arena Stage, Classic Theatre of Maryland, History At Play, and Kentucky Shakespeare, and she is a company member and teaching artist with the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company.  She has been seen on TV in 'Legends & Lies:The Patriots,' in 'Investigation Discovery: Southern Fried Homicide,' and in the web series 'The Broken Continent.'

Her voice work can be found on Audible in 'Manydown' and 'The Oscar Wilde Story Suite,' and in the Jabberwocky Audio series Quorum: “The Gambler’s Tale” and “The Harbor Pilot’s Tale.” She is grateful to have been a guest on numerous podcasts discussing her work as an author and a first person historical interpreter.

Laura writes and performs historic character portrayals for educational groups on both sides of the Atlantic. Her one-woman play 'Charlotte Brontë: To Do More & Better Things' was presented as part of the North American Friends of Chawton House 2021 Speaker Subscription Series, and her original short play 'Emma is Presented in Washington City' was performed as the curtain raiser for the Jane Austen Society of North America 2016 Annual General Meeting.

Laura is an Honorary Fellow and on the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Historical Society, on the Executive Board of the North American Friends of Chawton House, and on the Board of the Classic Theatre of Maryland.

Laura has published articles in “Brontë Studies” and “The Revere Express.” She was the winner of the “LitMag” 2021 Virginia Woolf Award for short fiction, and her stories have appeared in literary journals such as “Stork” and “New Square.” Her original adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol' was produced by Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025; the original adaptation of 'Jane Eyre' she co-wrote with Sally Boyett was produced by the Classic Theatre of Maryland in 2024; and 'Clover,' a bio-drama Laura co-wrote with Ty Hallmark, was produced by Ally Theatre Company in DC in 2017.

Laura a candidate for a PhD in English with Creative Writing at the University of York. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College, an MFA from The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting at The George Washington University, and a BA in Theatre and English Literature from Middlebury College in Vermont. www.LauraRocklyn.com