Lauren Marcus

So this song has been coming up SO much recently and in so many different ways. I’ll stop fighting it (the way I initially did when I wrote it? Because our brains are both wise and IMPOSSIBLE?!) and hope that maybe someone else will glean something from it today bc I’m just feeling woo woo like that and that’s okay Phases phases it’s all just phases! You know who’s great and helped me make this vid happen way back when? @hanaslevin - vocals @mikerosengarten - guitar @seth_lsr - percussion @dennismichaelkeefe - bass @iankagey - audio @corigayle & @createdbyphil - home & WALLPAPER @mattmarlinski - vid

protest thx @iankagey for always being down to play this one “What It Really Cost You” first written Nov 8 2016 rewritten (again) yesterday

You do you, Mama However you do, Mama I’m a train wreck too, Mama We’re gonna get through the day WE WROTE A SONG FOR THE MOMS (okay and also their kids but like for the moms) OUT THERE! And once when I was having a rooooough mom day and I listened to our half-finished writing session, I cried… so listen I think it’s pretty good! How lucky was I to be invited into the magical world of @misstuttiandthefruityband and to write a tune with @gracienashmusic and @laurchestra ?! Moms, of all kinds, ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. You do you, Mama. @crosenmusic (producin’!) @lexinthecity1 @alexandra_kf (MOMSEMBLE!) @andrewthomas.842 (vid!) #KidsMusic #FamilyMusic #MothersDay #ChildrensMusic #MissTuttiAndTheFruityBand

Tutti’s dropping a new single one week from today! Pre-save “Mama” at the link in bio✨ Can’t wait for y’all to hear this one! Written with two of my fave musical moms @laurmarcus and @laurchestra 💛 We wanted to make something that celebrates caretakers of all kinds. Those who show up and love so deeply even on the hardest and messiest days! This one means a lot to me 🥹 can’t wait for you to hear it. PS. Cat & dog mamas count too, of course 🐱🐶

Has new hair Has new play Play has new residency Hair has life of its own Spring hath sprung Thx @ldk_productions_ for helping me spring ❤️ Thx hair…FOR GROWING?! ❤️

It’s happening but with like one million other girls involved including my co-writer / one of my best friends who I simply cannot believe puts up with the amount of voice memos I send her and the amount of hours sometimes between them, @m__dickson Thank you Playbill; this pic reminds me that I love being involved with shows that have the word “Girl” in the title GET READY PITTSBURGH 🩷 @livelymccabe 👯‍♀️ @jenwernercannizzaro 👯‍♀️ @blackswan47 👯‍♀️ Kristyn Pope 👯‍♀️ @georgiastitt 👯‍♀️ @amyalisonspies and so many more who have contributed and will contribute and who I am indebted to

When @arsnovanyc makes you feel so glam that you get to Florida 12 hours later and the ferocity cannot be stopped but it probably should be 1 - @dannybristollphoto ❤️ 2 - @hanjiedidthis ❤️ 3 - feat. audio by Joe and Rox

Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean: A New Musical is honored to have received 14 nominations for the 49th Annual San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle Awards, celebrating Excellence in Theatre! Principal Performance - Stephanie Gibson and Lauren Marcus Featured Performance - Hayley Lovgren Ensemble - Ellie van Amerongen, Ashley Cowl, Stephanie Gibson, Hayley Lovgren, Lauren Marcus, Judith Miller & Shakina Original Music - Dan Gillespie Sells (music) & Shakina (lyrics) Original Script - Ashley Robinson Music Direction - Jacob Yates Stage Direction - Giovanna Sardelli Set Design - Nina Ball Specialties - Y. Sharon Peng, Wig & Hair Design Costume Design - Alina Bokovikova Lighting Design - Kurt Landisman Sound Design - Cliff Caruthers Entire Production - @5anddimemusical produced by @theatreworkssv in partnership with @bbtheatricals Produced by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley in partnership with Broadway and Beyond Theatricals: COME BACK TO THE FIVE & DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN: A NEW MUSICAL Music & Lyrics by @dangsells & @shakeenz Book by @ashlock.ny Based on the play by Ed Graczyk Director: @giosardelli Assistant Director: @miller.lib Stage Manager: @willdirect4food Assistant Stage Manager: Emily Anderson Wolf Music Director: @jdytwister Book: @ashlock.ny Music: @dangsells (music) & @shakeenz (lyrics) Orchestrations: @ryanblihovde Rehearsal Pianist: Jonathan Erman Scenic Design: Nina Ball Costume Design: Alina Bokovikova Lighting Design: Kurt Landisman Sound Design: Cliff Caruthers Wig & Hair Design: @ysharonpeng Movement Coordinator: Lee Ann Payne Dialect Coach: @kimilyfaye Fight Coordinator: @dlodea Artist Counselor: Judith Nihei All Production Photos: Kevin Berne Cast: @ellievanam @ashleycowl @stephgib1 @lifeisjustabowlofglitter @laurmarcus Judith Miller @shakeenz @miller.lib @coopercocreative @kleeam Thank you, @sfbatcc ❤️

okay so sometimes you begin recording a podcast two weeks before you have a baby and keep it up over the course of... a year or two? and you’re lucky enough to be part of a very fun / kooky / sweet mystery playing a mom of a teenage boy on the brink of his bar mitzvah and then it’s nominated for an Ambie Award or two so you get dressed up and head to Brooklyn right after a snowstorm and forget your makeup at home but honestly you are really proud of both The Work and The Outfit and THESE ARE THE PHOTOS! Thanks @gzmshows for letting me bring Meredith to life, and thanks for putting up with the never-ending construction happening next door, as well as my constantly over-heated computer. There are a lot of kind and talented people involved in this one, and I was so happy to finally meet some of them in-person. Thanks Mom for this shirt I found in a storage unit after 17 years! Thanks Joe for always being my favorite date. Always. Roxie: We cheered really hard for Cookie Monster.

thx for this lovely moment in a sea of beautiful and difficult moments, @stephwes And thank you for the celebration of life, Sweet Reba. You were and are so loved.

may 2026 forgive this bootleg “Hosing the Furniture” from The Jonathan Larson Project Started 2025 off with a smoky mental breakdown and really went from there.

Probably more coming 2025 was…wild? If any moments look particularly good, it is because of the actual professional photographer geniuses I was lucky enough to encounter this year: @jennyandersonphoto @marcjfranklin @hagermolly @bruglikas @stephwes @gabriellaspiegel @joanmarcus @tracymartinphotography Kevin Berne (and of course arTISTE @squigsrobertson ) and also bc I’m very lucky with the people I have around me. So. Leaving 2025 knowing that.