Home CMW Video Shorts The CMW pilot Current Projects Contact Us	About Us We here at Laughing Tree Productions: are producers of quality children’s programming, including the Emmy nominated pilot “The Children’s Music Workshop,” winner of a Parents Guide Award have produced twelve children’s audio CDs, one for each month of the year, plus many original songs for children Have written, produced, and performed in “Down on the Farm”, a live multimedia stage show for children have created and performed in “Lisa and The Professor”, an educational school assembly program about music and science for preschool and elementary age children have written “Starship Harmony and The Song Catcher Kids”, a spec script that caters to elementary age school children believe that music is sorely lacking in most elementary schools and are committed to filling the enormous void that exists in music education for children Lisa Laughbaum Lisa Laughbaum, a formally educated and practiced musician, has been teaching her program, The Children’s Music Workshop, at preschools and daycares in North San Diego County for almost twenty years. After graduating from UCSD with a degree in music, Lisa decided to create her own preschool music program and corresponding CD collection. Her twelve CDs have made her a popular local icon, and she enjoys performing for children all over Southern California. The overwhelming success of The Children’s Music Workshop classes lead to the production of her television pilot, a music education piece that garnered a Parents Guide Award and was nominated for an Emmy for Excellence in Children’s Programming. Lisa is first and foremost a vocalist, and she plays every Friday night with her husband, Michael, in B Natural, a rock, blues, and reggae band. The duo has been playing on The Bahia Belle, a paddlewheel boat at The Bahia Resort in Mission Bay, California, every weekend for over sixteen years. In addition, Lisa also teaches piano in the afternoon. She has developed a semi-private instructional program that combines a formal piano lesson, with computer music games, and practice time. She services over 40 students a week with patience and caring and loves every minute of it! Lisa is very creative and is constantly coming up with new and innovative show ideas, most of which are designed to teach music to children. However, she has also written a game show for young adults, and she and her husband are currently writing a sci-fi adventure that they hope to pitch to James Cameron someday!	Scenes from the Emmy nominated Children’s Music Workshop Lisa Laughbaum Lisa and Michael
Michael Laughbaum Michael Laughbaum is also a formally educated and practiced musician, and has his degree in music from UCSD, as well. He plays the part of Professor Pythagorus when ever the need arises and enjoys performing for children alongside Lisa. Michael is also a talented singer, however, his main instrument is guitar, and he is well known in the area as a result of his masterful playing. Michael began gigging professionally at age fourteen and has performed at clubs all over the San Diego area ever since. He met Lisa at Palomar College while the two were working on their degrees, and they decided to form B Natural, a rock, blues and reggae band that has been working steadily ever since. Michael also performs as a single and has a blues trio called Nude Blues which features Joe Godfrey on bass and Mark Cutkomp on drums. Michael has worked every weekend for the last sixteen years on The Bahia Belle at The Bahia Resort in Mission Bay, California; an amazing record for any working musician! Michael is also a comedy traffic instructor for The Improv Traffic School, and he enjoys the time he spends enlightening ticketed drivers about the proper way to drive. In addition, Michael is a stay at home father, and he home schools their nine year old son, Ian, a budding actor.	Michael Laughbaum
Ian Laughbaum Ian Laughbaum, Lisa and Michael's son, is a gifted performer in his own right. He loves participating in live theatre and, at the age of nine, has already performed in over fifteen musicals. His credits include: Pinocchio in "No Strings Attached," The White Rabbit in "Alice in Wonderland," The Prince in "The Princess and the Pea," and The Mayor of Munchkinland in "The Wizard of Oz," among others. Ian has also starred in a SDSU student film called "Something Beautiful," and he takes numerous acting classes with J Company, Kids Act, and Premiere For Kids. Ian is represented by Artists Management Agency in San Diego. Resume and headshot available on request.	Ian Laughbaum

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We here at Laughing Tree Productions:

are producers of quality children’s programming, including the Emmy nominated pilot “The Children’s Music Workshop,” winner of a Parents Guide Award
have produced twelve children’s audio CDs, one for each month of the year, plus many original songs for children
Have written, produced, and performed in “Down on the Farm”, a live multimedia stage show for children

have created and performed in “Lisa and The Professor”, an educational school assembly program about music and science for preschool and elementary age children

have written “Starship Harmony and The Song Catcher Kids”, a spec script that caters to elementary age school children

believe that music is sorely lacking in most elementary schools and are committed to filling the enormous void that exists in music education for children

Lisa Laughbaum

Lisa Laughbaum, a formally educated and practiced musician, has been teaching her program, The Children’s Music Workshop, at preschools and daycares in North San Diego County for almost twenty years. After graduating from UCSD with a degree in music, Lisa decided to create her own preschool music program and corresponding CD collection. Her twelve CDs have made her a popular local icon, and she enjoys performing for children all over Southern California.
The overwhelming success of The Children’s Music Workshop classes lead to the production of her television pilot, a music education piece that garnered a Parents Guide Award and was nominated for an Emmy for Excellence in Children’s Programming.
Lisa is first and foremost a vocalist, and she plays every Friday night with her husband, Michael, in B Natural, a rock, blues, and reggae band. The duo has been playing on The Bahia Belle, a paddlewheel boat at The Bahia Resort in Mission Bay, California, every weekend for over sixteen years.
In addition, Lisa also teaches piano in the afternoon. She has developed a semi-private instructional program that combines a formal piano lesson, with computer music games, and practice time. She services over 40 students a week with patience and caring and loves every minute of it!
Lisa is very creative and is constantly coming up with new and innovative show ideas, most of which are designed to teach music to children. However, she has also written a game show for young adults, and she and her husband are currently writing a sci-fi adventure that they hope to pitch to James Cameron someday!

Scenes from the Emmy nominated Children’s Music Workshop

Lisa Laughbaum

Lisa and Michael

Michael Laughbaum

Michael Laughbaum is also a formally educated and practiced musician, and has his degree in music from UCSD, as well. He plays the part of Professor Pythagorus when ever the need arises and enjoys performing for children alongside Lisa. Michael is also a talented singer, however, his main instrument is guitar, and he is well known in the area as a result of his masterful playing. Michael began gigging professionally at age fourteen and has performed at clubs all over the San Diego area ever since. He met Lisa at Palomar College while the two were working on their degrees, and they decided to form B Natural, a rock, blues and reggae band that has been working steadily ever since. Michael also performs as a single and has a blues trio called Nude Blues which features Joe Godfrey on bass and Mark Cutkomp on drums. Michael has worked every weekend for the last sixteen years on The Bahia Belle at The Bahia Resort in Mission Bay, California; an amazing record for any working musician! Michael is also a comedy traffic instructor for The Improv Traffic School, and he enjoys the time he spends enlightening ticketed drivers about the proper way to drive. In addition, Michael is a stay at home father, and he home schools their nine year old son, Ian, a budding actor.

Michael Laughbaum

Ian Laughbaum

Ian Laughbaum, Lisa and Michael's son, is a gifted performer in his own right. He loves participating in live theatre and, at the age of nine, has already performed in over fifteen musicals. His credits include: Pinocchio in "No Strings Attached," The White Rabbit in "Alice in Wonderland," The Prince in "The Princess and the Pea," and The Mayor of Munchkinland in "The Wizard of Oz," among others. Ian has also starred in a SDSU student film called "Something Beautiful," and he takes numerous acting classes with J Company, Kids Act, and Premiere For Kids. Ian is represented by Artists Management Agency in San Diego. Resume and headshot available on request.

Ian Laughbaum

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