Laura Butler has been working in theatre since the age of fifteen. She was the first of two students to be admitted into La Católica University‚s theatre group, Luis Torres Nadal, in Ponce, PR. She went on to receive her BA in theatre from the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan; where she formed a part of their theatre ensemble for two years, taking plays to various communities around the island. She led an independent mov! ement workshop along with Daniel Irizarry (Columbia MFA in Acting, 2004) in Arecibo, PR in 2002, and later in New York, 2006. Butler then attended a workshop on the Greeks based on Grotowski‚s studies, with Gardzienice in Poland, in whose 25th production of Elektra she was invited to participate. In 2003 Butler became the first Puerto Rican woman to be admitted into the MFA acting program of Columbia University; she will graduate in 2006. In the summer of 2005 she toured The Maids, directed by Ulla Wolcz, along with her classmates Kelly Eubanks and Rebecca Henderson to San Diego, California. They went under the banner of NU Classic Theater. For more information go to: www.nuclassictheater.com . In the winter of 2005 she appeared in a DADA film that formed part of a theatre piece in Germany directed by Niky Wolcz. From May to October, 2006 she will participate in three productions internationally under the direction of Ulla Wolcz and Niky Wolcz: A series of one acts and The Maids in Berlin, Germany; the remounting of Scapin in Italy; and Comedy of Errors in Essen, Germany. New York credits include: Kasimir and Karoline(Karoline), Tartuffe (Dorine), and Scapin (Hyacinth) presented at Classic Stage Company; Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su Jardín (Belisa) at Repertorio Español; and Agamemnon (Kassandra), Jacques (Roberto 1 & 2), Roberto Zucco(Sister), La Ronde (Sweet Young Thing), Threepenny Opera (Macheath), Scratch (Scarlett), and The Maids (Claire)