Arkansas Times

• Kasten Searles, Ben Brenner, Laura Shatkus, Tanya Hollifield, Robert Bean, Charlotte Taylor and James Matthews among 2022 Arkansas Arts Council fellows

Mindcage (Lionsgate 2022 starring John Malkovich) Review:

• ​"...there is quality character development as we learn about Mary and Arnaud’s upbringing, which includes flashbacks of Arnaud’s childhood with his mother." 

Deadline

• Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group Sets HBCU GO Partnership With Indie ‘Freedom’s Path’

Variety

• Tulsa King’ Teaser: Sylvester Stallone Is a Mafia Boss in New Drama From ‘Yellowstone’ Creator

Link to all press for Hold Fast, a pandemic performance created to "make you laugh, to engage your sense of wonder, and to bring you hope in absurd times."

National Public Radio--Weekend Edition with Scott Simon

• ​'It Had To Be Love': A Syrian Playwright's Struggle To Tell A Story In Arkansas

Arkansas Times

• Named One of 20 "Visionary Arkansans":  ​Laura Shatkus--Spearheading experimental theater in Benton County

Arkansas Life

• Putting The Spotlight On Women-Led Theatre

NWA Democrat Gazette

• One To Watch 2017

• Strong Women Unite

• Building A Cultural Bridge

Fox24--NWA Homepage

• Bentonville Hosts First NWA Shakespeare Fest​

Episcopal News Service

• Prison Storytelling Project Transforms Lives, Educates Community

Fayetteville Flyer

• TheatreSquared Brings Down The House​--"Laura Shatkus is a memorable, lovable Eliza Poe."

Daily Herald (Elgin, IL)

• Elgin Native Finds Her Home On Stage

Chicago Theatre Beat-- My Yeti Dreams by Lisa Dillman: "Shatkus delivers a breathy, heartfelt monologue as Ward jumps and grunts with gusto."

Chicago Stage Standard--Berwyn Avenue at VonOrthal Puppets: "Sitting beside her son's hospital bed, we actually feel a great deal of empathy for Gay Martini, who is brought so vividly to life by performer Laura Shatkus."

Chicago Sun Times-- "Lisa Dillman's My Yeti Dreams is laugh out loud funny as it chronicles, in the most hilarious terms, the love affair between an ordinary young woman Christine (Laura Shatkus is wonderful here) and the big hairy prime will be as she finds wandering around her backyard."

The Chicago Inclusion Project--Chicago Shows We're Excited About--Mariposa Nocturna: A Puppet Tryptich