ysvlek: poems for guys

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Laurence Overmire began his professional acting career at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis working with directors Alan Schneider, Richard Foreman, Garland Wright and Liviu Ciulei. Thereafter, he moved to New York landing roles on and off Broadway including Amadeus directed by Sir Peter Hall and starring Frank Langella and Mark Hamill, Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production of Don Juan, Charles Busch's comedy hits Vampire Lesbians of Sodom and Psycho Beach Party, and the Equity Library Theatre production of Fifth of July. He also worked at many regional theatres across the country including Alaska Repertory Theatre, Buffalo's Studio Arena Theater, Delaware Theatre Company, Totem Pole Playhouse, Michigan's Meadow Brook Theatre, and Yale Repertory Theatre. On television, Overmire made numerous appearances on the network soaps All My Children, As the World Turns, Another World, One Life to Live and Loving.

Later, Overmire moved to Hollywood, where he starred in Roy Brocksmith's production of The One Less Travelled at the California Cottage Theatre, played a featured role in the independent feature film The Thing at Pete and Julie's directed by Jerry Rapp, and founded and served as Executive Producer of The Writer's Lab, a non-profit organization created to develop material for the entertainment industry.