LAURA MANCANO joined Act II Playhouse in 2025. She is a theatre artist from Chester County, and graduated from Temple University with a BA in Theatre in 2017. She studied Theatre and Performative Practices at the postgraduate level at the University College Cork in Ireland, and has also studied with RADA and RCSSD in the UK, with a specialty in Shakespeare.
Before joining Act II as the Interim Production Manager, Laura acted as Assistant Stage Manager on several productions, Assistant Directed Boca, and was an actor in Gaslight. She most recently was a performer and company manager for an improv-based, Bluey themed, children’s immersive experience. Laura has also worked at The Montgomery Theater, SideQuest Theatre, The Walnut Street Theatre, Plays & Players Theatre, Broadway Theatre of Pitman, and The Ritz Theatre. Outside of the theatre sphere, she is most likely reading and/or spending time with her dog, Maddie.