Lauren (Taslitz) Kahane

Lauren (Taslitz) Kahane is a librettist, lyricist, producer and teaching artist. Her

musicals often feature mature female protagonists. Past projects include Regretting

Almost Everything with composer Danny Ursetti. Lauren and Danny also executive

produced and released the Concept album of the show featuring Beth Leavel and Jeff

Blumenkrantz. (Available on all streaming services.)

Current projects with Danny include Mimosa, The Disobedient Plant and Once Every

Hundred Years, as well as The Girl Who Cried Different with composer Tommy

Barbarella (former keyboardist with Prince) and his daughter Mariella.

Recently, Lauren produced the New York premier of Danny’s song cycle with William

Finn at 54 Below. She is also producing the Cast Album, which will be released by

Center Stage Records in 2026.

Lauren is the 2020 Robert and Stephanie Olmsted MacDowell Fellow. A list of

productions, residencies, commissions can be found on her website,

www.laurenkahane.com.

Lauren is a member of Maestra and The Dramatist’s Guild, and a voting member of The

Recording Academy. She has a B.S. from Princeton, a J.D. from Harvard, and an MFA

in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU-Tisch (2017).