LAUREN M. NICHOLS (she/her) makes her Victory Gardens Theater debut. Chicago credits include: Lighthouses in the Desert (Glass Apple); The Drag Seed (Hell In a Handbag); Falstaff (DePaul Opera); Gloria (UIC); The Pillowman (The Gift); Always Patsy Cline, Queen of the Mist (Firebrand); P.Y.G or The Misedumacation of Dorian Belle (Jackalope); Big Fish (Boho); and A Scientific Method (Rivendell). She is a resident designer at Harper College and Northbrook’s Theatre for Young Audiences. MFA Northwestern. She currently teaches drafting and digital design at The Theatre School – DePaul University and is a freelancer scale model-maker. Upcoming projects include The Addams Family (North Central College), Into the Woods (Big Noise), and a production with Renaissance Theaterworks in Milwaukee. laurenangeldesigns.com