Lauren Molina Performs at Duplex 4/14; Jarvis, Cearley & Mais Guest

ROCK OF AGES star Lauren Molina will go (mostly) solo at The Duplex on Wednesday night, April 14, 2010 from 9:30 - 10:45 PM. The show promises as "an evening of ukulele driven originals, and playful covers, layered with cello, guitar, banjo, and melodica."

Lauren will be playing with Christian Imboden on guitar, and special guests Mitchell Jarvis, Nick Cearley and Michele Mais, aka Maisey, from Rock of Ages will also be making a cameo!

Lauren Molina is currently performing in ROCK OF AGES on Broadway, performing the role of Regina. She originated the same role Off-Broadway, when ROCK OF AGES began at New World Stages in the fall of 2008. She also originated the role of the "cello playing" Johanna in John Doyle's critically acclaimed Broadway Revival of SWEENEY TODD, and the international tour, where she won a "Best Featured Actress" award from the Independent Reviewers of New England.

She was a featured singer at "The Ladies Who Sing Sondheim" concert with Barbara Cook and Patti LuPone at the Westport Playhouse. Some of her favorite roles include Gwendolen in Ernest in Love, the Leopard in Just So Stories, and a back-up singer for Sarah Brightman on her La Luna tour. Lauren was honored to play a leading role in a reading of a new play directed by John Cameron Mitchell called WIREHEADS. Other favorite shows/workshops include REALITY!, IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE, HENRY, SWEET HENRY, and LITTLE MISS FIX-IT.

Backstage, Lauren along with her castmate Mitchell Jarvis, has created a mocumentary style web series, called ROCK OF AGES PRODUCTIONS. www.youtube.com/user/rockofagesprod. She is also a singer/songwriter, releasing her first album in 2007, entitled "Doo-Be-Doo" and is in the process of writing a children's album. She can often be found singing in New York's cabaret circuit. She has performed in various workshops and master classes along with Broadway composers, colleagues, and New York City Opera artists. She has also sung with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.