As a writer, Laurie's interest lies in interpreting myth for a contemporary audience. She has written the scenarios and been the principal writer for projects developed collaboratively at Odyssey including Turandot, Moonlight Mischief and Kamalay. She has collaborated on translations/adaptations of four classical plays with Joanne Miller, and on Molière's The Miser and Gozzi's The Raven with Lib Spry. Laurie created the new play program at Odyssey. She has served as dramaturge for and directed workshop productions of plays by writers including Kim Selody, Dean Gilmour, Maristella Roca, Lib Spry and Robin Patterson. She also teaches workshops in mask, Commedia dell'Arte, improvisation and writing for physical theatre.

Laurie graduated from the University of Toronto with a specialist degree in philosophy and from York University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre. She furthered her studies in Paris in workshops with Philippe Gaulier, Ariane Mnouchkine at Théâtre du Soleil, and Nicolas Serrault, an actor and director with La Comédie de Genève. Laurie has served on Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council juries and has been the recipient of grants to theatre artists from the Canada Council. Other credits include assistant director for Hard Times at the National Arts Centre and for Woycek at Canadian Stage, and a residency at Factory Theatre in Toronto. Recently she was dramaturge and co-director of Theatre Beyond Words' production of Castelao's Silly Old Men Ought Not to Fall in Love. She is currently collaborating with Bharatanatyam dancer Aparna Sindoor on a contemporary dance-theatre piece for Teesri Duniya Theatre in Montreal. Works in progress include her original play The Handless Maiden and an adaptation of Frank Wedekind's King Nicolo.

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