Shayna Small is an American actor, musician, and audiobook narrator.

Personal life

Small attended the Baltimore School for the Arts and received a

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in Drama from the

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most el ...

Career

Since graduating from the

, she has taught and mentored at the ASTEP, Baltimore School for the Arts, CenterStage, Helen Hayes Foundation, Showdown Theatre

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, and

Stella Adler Conservatory The Stella Adler Studio of Acting (formerly Stella Adler Conservatory) is a prestigious acting school that was founded by actress and teacher Stella Adler.

. She has also served as an Arts Ambassador for the

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of Greater Washington, as well as an acting coach for operetta Qadar under the artistic direction of Denyce Graves. Beyond her career as an actress and audiobook narrator, Small has sung at

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, DC Jazz Fest, Joe's Pub,

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, Les Poisson Rouge, and

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Awards and honors

Awards

Best of lists

Narrations

Stage performances

Off-Broadway

* ''Parable of the Sower'' ( The Public Theater) * ''Rags Parkland Sings Songs of the Future'' ( Ars Nova workshop)

Regional

* '' Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story'' (

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) * ''

The Colored Museum ''The Colored Museum'' is a play written by George C. Wolfe that premiered at Crossroads Theatre in 1986, directed by L. Kenneth Richardson.George C. Wolfe. ''The Colored Museum''. New York: Methuen, 1987, p. i. In a series of 11 “exhibits” ...

'' ( Huntington Theatre Company) * ''The Glorious World of Crowns, Kinks, and Curls'' (

Baltimore Center Stage Center Stage is the state theater of Maryland, and Baltimore's largest professional producing theater. Center Stage began in a converted gymnasium in 1963 as a full arena theatre that seated 240 people. Today, Center Stage houses two performing ...

) * ''How to Catch Creation'' (

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) * ''

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'' (Bay Street Theatre) * ''Just Right Just Now'' ( Theater for the New City) * '' Closer'' (Load of Fun Theatre) * ''The Oregon Trail'' ( Eugene O’Neill Theater Center)

The Juilliard School

* ''

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'' * '' Henry IV (Part I)'' * ''

The House of Bernarda Alba ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' ( es, La casa de Bernarda Alba) is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. Commentators have often grouped it with ''Blood Wedding'' and ''Yerma'' as a "rural trilogy". Garcia Lorca did not include ...

'' * Toya in '' Hurt Village'' * ''

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetim ...

'' * ''

The Threepenny Opera ''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, ''The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with music ...

References

External links

Official website
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