Lauren Halvorsen
halvorsen.bsky.social
Lauren Halvorsen
@halvorsen.bsky.social
dramaturg & writer of newsletters
washington, dc
she/her
nothingforthegroup.com
today is the newsletter's official fifth birthday so I wrote some bts content about the recent rebranding process as a treat: open.substack.com/pub/nothingf...
July 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
wrote about the Scott Rudin rehabilitation tour in this week's newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/nothingf...
July 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
finally encountered one of these in the wild
March 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
likely my last time seeing a movie at E Street 😭
March 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
nearly spit out my coffee listening to my favorite podcast and hearing a joint shout-out for my newsletter & john proctor is the villain
February 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
it does not surprise me that a man who has never run an arts non-profit thinks there's a world in which earned revenue will cover all expenses
February 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
wrote about the Kennedy Center & the NEA in this week's newsletter open.substack.com/pub/nothingf...
February 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🤯😭🤯😭🤯😭
February 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I knew sections of What the Constitution Means to Me would hit harder last night than they did during last week's previews but the recitation of the 14th amendment received an applause break. If you're in DC/MD, I hope you'll see our production at Round House.
January 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
watching season two of Traitors Australia and 1) this is the dumbest group of Faithfuls in *any* version of the series and 2) it's forever hilarious to me that they all dress like Ben Stiller & sons in Royal Tenenbaums during challenges
January 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
neighborhood snow report 🫡
January 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
on that note, here are my fave books of 2024 (and the one that annoyed me the most!)
December 22, 2024 at 6:59 PM
obligatory first rehearsal shot
December 16, 2024 at 11:07 PM
goodbye Kindle, hello Kobo

(no such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism but feels great to opt out of one facet of the Bezos monopoly)
December 13, 2024 at 4:42 PM
here's your annual dupont circle ginkgo report 🫡
December 2, 2024 at 1:45 AM
snuggle buddy
November 30, 2024 at 9:06 PM
happy thanksgiving eve from Floyd
November 28, 2024 at 1:30 AM
this is peak TERF cruelty and it's an attack on DC autonomy. Residents do not want this, but Republicans *we did not vote for* love meddling in local affairs & want to use DC as a testing ground for their sicko transphobic vision board. I hate these ghouls with the fire of a thousand suns
November 23, 2024 at 4:58 AM
like a moth to a flame, a Cancer finds herself by the ocean
November 17, 2024 at 12:54 AM
oh God the department acronym is DOGE
November 13, 2024 at 1:24 AM
now that I can post Substack links without being shadowbanned by a billionaire failson, here's what I wrote in this week's Nothing for the Group:
open.substack.com/pub/nothingf...
November 8, 2024 at 3:20 PM
anyway hello from the westfjords, where it's currently 10:45pm
August 7, 2023 at 10:45 PM