SHANNON DORSEY
- AEA,
- SAG-AFTRA Eligible
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2020 TCG Fox Fellowship Recipient |
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Company Member: Woolly Mammoth Theatre |
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* Asterik For Nominations and Awards |
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In current production | ||
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Before The Bulldozers (VO) |
Imani (Lead) and multiple characters |
Smithsonian Museums |
Revelation (Audio stream) |
Narrator 5 |
Compagnia de' Colombari |
Dancer/Choreographer | ||
Fences |
Choreographer 2022 |
Olney Theatre, Olney MD |
Raisin in the Sun |
Choreographer 2021 |
Olney Theatre, Olney MD |
DeRailed |
OShun- Dancer 2018 |
Joy of Motion Dance Center DC |
She (Workshop) |
Choreographer/Dancer 2018- current |
MRAL Art Space |
Yuicey |
Choreographer/Dancer 2020 |
MRAL Art Space |
je suis la fleur aka joie noire (editing) |
Choreographer/Dancer 2020 |
Brookland Art Space |
fal-land |
Choreographer/Dancer 2023 |
MRAL Art Space |
Paulette (editing) |
Choreographer/Dancer 2022 |
Cinnamontography Pro. |
untitled ellipsis codependency |
Choreographer/Dancer 2020 |
MRAL Art Space |
Self Love 2 (workshop) |
Choreographer/Dancer 2020 |
MRAL Art Space |
Film | ||
The Zeke Sanders Story: Slice of Pie |
Anika Cartwright |
Dir: Blake Bynum |
Life on the Rocks |
Keisha |
Pro: Jay Sun/ SE3 |
Master |
Elisheba |
Pro: Regina Hall |
*Dance Party: The Teenarama Story |
Teenarama Teen Dancer |
Pro: Beverly Lindsay- Johnson |
*Emmy Award: Best Cultural Documentary |
NATAS-NCCB |
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Changing the Game |
Nicole |
Dir: Rel Dowdell |
Sister to Sister HIV Prevention NYC |
Woman |
Definite Films NY |
Liberty Road |
Amanda |
Frayed Films |
Matters of Life and Death |
Sophie |
Smithsonian Museums |
Much Respect for DC Youth |
Trina |
MEE Productions |
US Army Comprehensive Fitness |
PFC Donaldson |
Will Interactive |
Television | ||
Redrum 307 |
Vernell Jones |
Investigation Discovery NY |
Dance Party: The Teenarama Story |
Teenarama Dancer |
PBS |
Weekend Girl |
Boxer |
MTV, MTV2 |
The Wire |
Teen Juror |
HBO |
NY Theater | ||
Revelation (Upcoming) |
Narrator 5 |
Compagnia de' Colombari |
The Great MacDaddy |
Leionah |
777 Theater |
Hansel and Gretel's Halloween Adventure |
Gretel and Other Puppets |
Swedish Cottage Marionette THT |
The Power of the Trinity |
Ethiopia |
SummerStage Central Park |
The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefeller |
Breezy |
West End Theater |
Regional Theater | ||
Clyde's |
Letitia |
Cincinatti Playhouse |
Gravid Water |
Improvisationalist |
Kennedy Center |
Incendiary (World Premiere) |
Jasmine |
Woolly Mammoth/ D: Monty Cole |
*Aint No Mo |
Passenger #1 |
Baltimore Center Stage |
*Aint No Mo |
Passenger #1 |
Woolly Mammoth/ D:Lili-Anne Br |
*Nominated: Helen Hayes for Outstanding Production |
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*Red Velvet |
Connie |
Shakespeare Theatre |
*Helen Hayes Recommended |
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Mountaintop (Covid affected) |
Camae |
Ford's Theatre |
*Fairview |
Jasmine |
Woolly Mammoth Theatre |
*Nominated: Helen Hayes for Outstanding Supporting Actress |
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Two Trains Running |
Risa |
Cincinnati Playhouse |
*BLKS |
Imani |
Woolly Mammoth Theatre |
*Nominated: Helen Hayes for Outstanding Lead Actress |
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A Christmas Carol |
Mrs. Fred |
Fords Theatre |
*Familiar |
Nyasha |
Woolly Mammoth Theatre |
*Nominated: Helen Hayes for Outstanding Production |
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*Skeleton Crew |
Shanita |
Studio Theatre |
*Nominated: Helen Hayes for Outstanding Ensemble |
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An Octoroon (Remount) |
Minnie |
Woolly Mammoth Theatre |
Workshop of New Shana Cooper and Jennifer Barclay Play |
Actor Collaborator |
UMD and Woolly Mammoth Theatre |
From the Mouths of Monsters (World Premiere) |
Michelle |
Kennedy Center |
Kiss |
Hadeel |
Woolly Mammoth Theatre |
Sound of the Underground: Hip Hop Theatre Fest: 3 short play |
Ensemble |
Source Theatre |
The Message: Hip Hop Theatre Fest: Ms. Washington |
Ms. Washington |
Anacostia Playhouse |
*An Octoroon |
Minnie |
Woolly Mammoth Theatre |
*Nominated: Helen Hayes Outstanding Supporting Actress |
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All the Way |
Coretta Scott King/ Fannie Lou Hamer |
Arena Stage |
Unexplored Interior (World Premiere) |
Catreen |
Mosaic Theater Company of DC |
Hip Hop Theater Festival |
Ms. Washington |
Anacostia Playhouse |
The Shipment |
Lead |
Forum Theater |
Safe House (World Premiere) |
Roxie |
Cincy Playhouse /D:Tim Douglas |
Two Trains Running |
Risa |
Round House/ D:Tim Douglas |
Saturday Night/ Sunday Morning (Stage Reading) |
Mabel |
Arena Stage /PW:Katouri Hall |
The Trip To Bountiful |
Thelma |
Cincy Playhouse/ D:Tim Douglas |
A Raisin In The Sun |
Beneatha |
Perseverance Theatre |
Seed (Stage Reading) |
RaShawn |
Arena Stage /D:Niegel Smith |
Stick Fly |
Cheryl |
Everyman Theatre |
Marcus or the Secret of Sweet |
Shaunta |
Studio Theatre /D:Tim Douglas |
In the Red and Brown Water |
Shun |
Studio Theatre |
*Synetic's A Midsummer Nights Dream |
Hippolyta/Moth |
STC Harman Hall (DC) |
*Helen Hayes Recipient for Outstanding Ensemble |
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*Synetic's A Midsummer Nights Dream |
Hippolyta/Moth |
Kennedy Center |
*Nominated: Helen Hayes Outstanding Ensemble |
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1001 Black Inventions Nat'l Tour |
Gretel/Ayo |
Pin Points Theater |
Herstory: Love, Forever Hip-Hop |
Angela |
DC Arts Center |
Sex Signals Nat'l Tour |
Improvisationalist/ Facilitator |
Catharsis Prod. (Chicago) |
*Synetic Theatre's "Carmen" |
Ensemble |
Kennedy Center |
*Nominated: Helen Hayes Outstanding Ensemble |
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Breath, Boom |
Shondra/ Pepper |
Studio Theater |
Good Vs Evil |
Kathira |
Philadelphia Theater Co. |
For Colored Girls who Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is |
Lady in Brown |
Adreinne Theater |
Voice Over/Commercial/Print Available Upon Request | ||
Staged Reading Workshop resume available upon request | ||
Puppetry Resume Available upon request | ||
TRAINING | ||
Temple University |
BA Theatre |
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Temple University |
BA African American Studies |
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Duke Ellington School of the Arts |
Theater |
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Jones Haywood School of Ballet |
Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Jazz, Modern |
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Rosella Hightower International School of Dance |
Cannes, France |
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National Hand Dance Association |
Hand Dance (Swing variation) |
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Kankouran West African Dance |
Senegalese Dance |
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Dance within Latin Diaspora Temple University |
Latin Dance variations |
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Synetic Theatre |
Stage Combat, Improvisational movement |
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The Puppet Co |
Complex Marionette and Standard puppet |
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Enchantment Theater |
Bunraku,Shadow pupp,Mask, Mime and Magic |
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Kaiser Permanente Theater |
Full Body, hand-and-rod |
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Marionette Theater |
Long and short string Marionette, shadow |
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Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'6" |
Weight: 137 lbs |
Eyes: Brown |
Hair Color: Brown |
Hair Length: Buzzcut |
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Baton Twirling, dance- African styles, Dance/Physical Theater, Drawing, Marching Band Aux, Mask and Mime, personal vehicle, physical flexibilty, puppetry- Bunraku, puppetry- hand, puppetry- Marionette, puppetry- rod, puppetry- shadow, Soprano/Alto, Stage Combat, Track and Field, Aerobics, Baseball, Basketball, Baton Twirling, Billiards/Pool Player, Bowling, Boxing, Cheerleading, Combat - Stage, Cycling, Diving, Football, Frisbee, Gymnastics, Jump Rope, Jump Rope - Double Dutch, Kick Boxing, Lifeguard, Pogo Stick, Roller Skating, Rollerblading, Running - General, Running - Long Distance, Running - Sprint, Snorkeling, Snow Skiing - Downhill, Snow Skiing - General, Softball, Swimming - ability - general, Swimming - backstroke, Swimming - breast stroke, Swimming - butterfly, Swimming - diving, Swimming - freestyle, Tennis, Track & Field, Trampoline, Volleyball, Weight Lifting, Yoga, Dance Ballet, Dance Belly, Dance Hip Hop, Dance Jazz, Dance Modern, Dance Salsa, Dance Swing, Dance Tango, Dance Tap, Dancer, Diving, Host, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Medical Equip., Mime, Modeling, Teleprompter, Vocal Range: Alto, Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano, Vocal Range: Soprano, Vocal Style: Rapper, Voiceover, Whistler, African Accent, American - Cajun Accent, American - Creole Accent, American - New England Accent, American - New York Accent, American - Philadelphia Accent, American - Southern Accent, American - Texan Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Cockney Accent, British - Scouse/Liverpool Accent, British - Yorkshire Accent, Canadian Accent, East-Bosnian Accent, Jamaican Accent, Puerto Rican Accent, Russian Accent, South African Accent, Spanish Accent, West Indian Accent
Shannon received dual degrees in Theatre and African American Studies from Temple University. A DC native, she has also trained in many styles of dance and physical theatre. She is a Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Member and has received several Helen Hayes Award nominations, including one for Outstanding Lead Actress, two for Outstanding Supporting Actress, and jointly won an Outstanding Ensemble Award. Shannon is recipient of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship. shannd.com ig: @cooldiscoshann