Hi there.

I’m Laura Shatkus, an actor and director with bases in Chicago and Northwest Arkansas.

Recent projects have taken me to:

• Stockbridge, Massachussetts (as Mrs. Kendal in The Elephant Man at Berkshire Theatre Group)

• Little Rock, Arkansas (in The Threesome, a feature with a theatrical release in September 2025)

• Gainesville, Florida (as The Narrator in Every Brilliant Thing)

• Dallas, Texas (in a national spot for Subaru)

• Austin, Texas (in Tito’s “Staycation” ad campaign)

• Louisville, Kentucky (in Red Camellia, a feature film thriller in post-production)

• Gainesville, Florida (as The Narrator in Every Brilliant Thing)

• El Dorado, Arkansas (directing a 1980’s set Hansel und Gretel, the opera)

• and beyond!