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,
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).