Deborah Lee Lawlor is a performance artist, actor, dancer, and producer who began her theatrical career appearing in shows at Caffe  Cino and the Judson Poets’ Theater. Her Off- and Off-Off-Broadway credits include: LOVE’S LABOR (1964), THREE SISTERS WHO ARE NOT SISTERS (1965), ALL DAY FOR A DOLLAR, OR CRUMPLED CHRISTMAS (1965), CARLOS AMONG THE CANDLES (1966), WONDER WOMAN: THE SECRET OF TABOO MOUNTAIN (1966), GORILLA QUEEN (1967), and SNOW WHITE (1967). She worked with many important figures of the downtown theatre and dance scene, including John P. Dodd, Freddie Herko, H.M. Koutoukas, Charles Stanley, and James Waring.

Deborah Lee Lawlor was born in Riverside, California, and moved to New York City after graduating from Bennington College. She is currently the Producing Artistic Director of the Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles, which she and Stephen Sachs co-founded in 1990. The Fountain is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing new works and exploring unique visions of established plays that reflect the cultural diversity and immediate concerns of Los Angeles and the United States as a whole. She is responsible for the Fountain’s extensive dance programming and produces the Forever Flamenco series there once a month, establishing the Fountain as the foremost presenter of flamenco on the West Coast. In the fall of 2017, her dance/theatre piece Freddie, which tells the story of dancer Freddie Herko, will premiere in a joint production between the Fountain Theatre and Los Angeles City College.