Stage Combatant, Fight Director, Teaching Artist
Lara has been studying and performing stage combat for over fifteen years, training with SAFD certified teacher Bret Yount (London), SAFD Fight Master J. David Brimmer (NYC), Shakespeare and Co. (Lenox, MA), and En Garde Entertainment (NYC)--where she was also an assistant teacher. As a performer, her fight work has been featured at The New York Renaissance Faire, The Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon Park, live corporate events,TV commercials, and on stage in NYC and regionally. She served as Adjunct Lecturer in stage combat for Utica College and has taught combat workshops for Roberts Wesleyan College, LeMoyne College, Southern Arkansas University, and Wake Forest University. Her fight choreography has been featured in WallBryd Theatre Co.'s The Duchess of Malfi, Penfield Players's Deathtrap, SAU’s She Kills Monsters, WFU’s Julius Caesar, and many more.
photo by Deborah Grosmark
WallByrd Theatre Co.'s The Duchess of Malfi, fight direction by Lara Ianni, photo by Annette Dragon
in rehearsal for The Duchess of Malfi
Lara in performance at the Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon Park
WallByrd Theatre Co.'s The Duchess of Malfi, fight direction by Lara Ianni, photo by Annette Dragon