LAUREN GATES VITALO is a director, stage manager and actor in the tri-state area. Lauren is a proud alum of The University of the Arts where she holds a BFA in Theater Arts with a concentration in Directing & Theatre Management and a minor in Musical Theater. Over the last decade she has worked on many stages such as Philadelphia Theater Company, Steel River Playhouse, Milburn Stone Theatre, Wilmington Drama League, Haddonfield Players, Drexel University and The Curtis Institute. Most recently she was seen onstage in Tommy with Milburn Stone Theatre, and next up she’ll be welcoming daughter #2 home. Huge thank you to this fabulous cast, crew, design team and production staff for bringing this important and inspiring show to life, and to Bob for trusting her with the opportunity. “You were placed on the earth to create, not to compete.”