Mr.Phil Lauricella

These Living History Presentations have been developed to provide a hands-on, live approach to the study of  Great Conflict. Designed by living historians, the program is designed to assist the student in understanding the everyday men and women who struggled and sometimes died for their beliefs during that turbulent time in our nation’s history. Students come away with a heightened sense of awareness of the common man during this time.

Mr. Lauricella’s credits include over 25 years experience in the field of historical interpreting, & over 20 years of formal classroom presentations at some of the area’s finest schools. Stage and screen credits include consultant work with both the Emmy Award winning Magic Door Theater production of The Hanukkah Soldier, and the Joseph Jefferson Award-winning presentation of Leander Stillwell. He has also appeared as Senator Preston Brooks in the stage production of Letters from the Civil War. He appeared in the A&E Network Production of “Betrayed: Custer at Little Big Horn,” and is the Featured Historian on the History Channel’s March 1999 presentation of “Quantrill” .  He has appeared in the independent film "Prairie Rose", featured as Dr. Bluell, a Union Surgeon. 

Recent work and other credits include the Production and Direction of the stage program "WAR LETTERS:  Correspondence from America's Wars".  Appearance credits include working with the Chicago History Museum, The First Division Museum at Cantigny, and dozens of schools, veterans groups and libraries in the Chicago area.