When people ask how I started doing stage combat, I simply tell them this: Joan of Arc changed my life.

I had never held a sword before that callback, and not long after my name appeared on that cast list, I suddenly I found myself thrust (no sword pun intended) into a rehearsal room full of carefully orchestrated chaos with a rapier in my right hand and a dagger in my left. I fell in love, and I've never looked back. 

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Laine is a Brooklyn based actor, fight director, and educator with a passion for immersive, classical theater. On the stage, she works with performers at all levels of their stage combat journey, and strives to build choreography that is creative, collaborative, and accessible. In the classroom, Laine has worked as a teaching assistant for Fight Master Michael G. Chin at Pace University, and currently works with CT/FD Jacqueline Holloway as an assistant at Arte Violenta in New York. For more updates, follow @laine_flores_actor on Instagram!

Recent Credits - Off-Broadway: Alexandria (World Premiere; Dixon Place), La Gota Fría (The Players Theater). Other Credits: Hand to God (Gallery Players), PoserCorpse (The Tank), Romeo & Juliet (Astoria Players), The Queen’s Blades (NY Renaissance Faire), Pippin, Company (Heights Players).