Laura Thede is currently the Director of the Youth Division at DDO Artists Agency in Los Angeles. She books children and young adults on television, film, commercials and print and has clients who have worked on Disney, Nickelodeon, ABC, CBS, MTV, Fox, Amazon and more. Laura grew up dancing and performing in local theatre and then went on to dance for Arizona State University studying Business Communications, dance and theater. She started in Los Angeles working for commercial casting director Terry Berland and then continued in casting, working for well-known kids casting director Harriet Greenspan before landing at DDO. DDO Artists Agency is a full service agency that has been in business since 1969.