Lani Basich
Performer and Theatrical Designer
Biography
Originally from southern California, her taste for theatre and makeup started at a young age. Her family moved up to Northern California, and since then her theatrical appetite only grew! After many years of theatre classes, and makeup classes she now works as a professional performer and makeup & hair designer for theatre, film, and photography. She has recently returned to southern California, specifically the Los Angeles area, with the desire to expand her career, experience, and work with great people.
As a designer she thrives with historical pieces, and fantasy work. Highly creative, she thoroughly enjoys a collaborative effort in design with production teams. As a makeup artist she is an absolute perfectionist, and strives to always go above and beyond expectations.
As a performer, she works hard, and diligently brings her characters to life through many techniques she has learned throughout her education. The most important aspect to her journey as a performer is to play and immerse herself in the world of the character. She performs and sings a wide array of styles- most predominantly opera, and musical theatre. For more information on her performance history please contact: lanibasich@gmail.com
Designed shows: Makeup & Hair
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Chicago
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Phantom of the Opera (assistant designer)
Addams Family: The musical
Funny Girl
The Beauty Queen of Leenanne
The Lonesome West
Behind the Curtain: Broadway's Underdogs: A Cabaret Extravaganza
Les Miserables Student Edition (Co-Designer)
The Elephant Man (Co-Designer)
A Very Potter Musical (Co-Designer)
Cinderella
Technician Work
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
East of the Sun West of the Moon
Aida: The musical
The Skin of Our Teeth
The Heart Bleeds Blue
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Working
West Side Story