Lauren Cavicchioli is a native New Yorker and a senior Theater Arts major at Boston University.  Her past BU credits in the College of Fine Arts have included The History of the American Film (Blessed Mother/Ma Joad), Mountain Language (Prisoner), The Virtuous Burglar (Woman), The Postcard from Morocco (Mime) The American Clock (Ted Quinn), Sow and Weep (Suna), and Iphigenia 2.0 (Menelaus).  She has written a short opera in 2005 integrating her childhood and the story of her grandfather’s immigration to Brazil and has adapted Paulo Coelho’s Veronika Decides to Die for the BU stage in 2008.  While in New York she participated in several opera productions with the Dicapo Opera Theater such as Suor Angelica, L’Elixir d’Amore, and Street Scene where she played the role of Jenny.  She performed in the world premiere of Douglas McGrath’s stage production of Nicholas Nickleby as Mrs. Squeers and portrayed the role of a Holocaust survivor named Irene in the world premiere of Finding Grace.  In 2004 she received the Isabelle Stevenson Award from the American Theater Wing.