SHANNON DORSEY
- AEA,
- SAG-AFTRA Eligible
Résumé Print Résumé
Represented by: |
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Richard Rosenwald Associates (NY) (212) 245-4515 |
2020 TCG Fox Fellowship Round 14 Recipeint!! |
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Company Member of Woolly Mammoth Theatre DC |
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* Asterik For Nominations and Awards |
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Dancer/Choreographer | ||
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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 Cente DC |
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 |
Woman |
Definite Films NY |
Moments |
Zena |
Checkmate Studios |
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 |
Life Sucks (Pilot) |
Featured |
C&I Studios |
Voice Over/Commercial/Print Available Upon Request | ||
NY Theater | ||
Revelation (Upcoming) |
5 character track |
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 |
Change (Upcoming Reading) |
Kemi |
Actors Studio PW:Ademola Bello |
Regional Theater | ||
Incendiary (Upcoming ) |
Jasmine |
Woolly Mammoth |
Aint No Mo |
Passenger #1 |
Baltimore Center Stage |
*Aint No Mo |
Passenger #1 |
Woolly Mammoth |
*Helen Hayes Nomination 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 |
*Helen Hayes Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress |
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Two Trains Running |
Risa |
Cincinnati Playhouse |
*BLKS |
Imani |
Woolly Mammoth Theatre |
*Helen Hayes Nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress |
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A Christmas Carol |
Mrs. Fred |
Fords Theatre |
*Familiar |
Nyasha |
Woolly Mammoth Theatre |
*Helen Hayes Nomination for Outstanding Production |
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*Skeleton Crew |
Shanita |
Studio Theatre |
*Helen Hayes Nomination 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 |
De Railed |
Shun |
Joy of Motion Dance Center |
From the Mouths of Monsters |
Michelle |
Kennedy Center |
Peculiar Awakening of Riley Parker (Workshop) |
Dr. Abigail Benton/Denise |
Kennedy Center |
Kiss |
Hadeel |
Woolly Mammoth Theatre |
National New Play Network MFA Playwrights workshop |
Kennedy Center |
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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 |
From the Mouths of Monsters (workshop) |
Michelle |
Kennedy Center |
*An Octoroon |
Minnie |
Woolly Mammoth Theatre |
*Nominated Helen Hayes Outstanding Supporting Actress |
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5 Boops (Stage Reading) |
Boop #5 |
Woolly Mammoth Theatre |
All the Way |
Coretta Scott King/ Fannie Lou Hamer |
Arena Stage |
Workshop of new Ike Holter play |
Lead |
Studio Theatre |
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 THT 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 |
Crazy Blood (Stage Reading) |
Latifa |
Arena Stage |
Clybourne park (Stage Reading) |
Francine/Lena |
Perseverance THT |
The Well Weeps, The Road Runs Dry (Stage Reading) |
Sweet Tea |
"" PW:Marcus Gardley |
A Raisin In The Sun |
Beneatha |
"" D:Jade King Carroll |
Seed (Stage Reading) |
RaShawn |
Arena Stage D:Niegel Smith |
Stick Fly |
Cheryl |
Everyman THT D:Vincent Lancisi |
Marcus or the Secret of Sweet (upcoming) |
Shaunta |
Studio THT D:Tim Douglas |
The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefeller (upcoming) |
Breezy |
Dog Run Rep D:Alfred Preisser |
Wig Out (Stage Reading) |
Fay |
factory 449 |
In the Red and Brown Water |
Shun |
Studio THT D:Serge Seiden |
*Synetic's A Midsummer Nights Dream |
Hippolyta/Moth |
STC Harman Center (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 |
Woman |
Catharsis Prod. (Chicago) |
Synetic Theatre's "Carmen" |
Ensemble |
Kennedy Center |
Breath, Boom |
Shondra/ Pepper |
Studio Theater D:Rahaleh Nassr |
The Jungle Book |
Bagheera |
The Puppet Co. (DC) |
Cinderella National Tour |
Step Mother/ Fairy God Mother |
Enchantment Theater (PA) |
Good Vs Evil |
Kathira |
Philadelphia Theater Co. |
For Colored Girls who Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is |
Lady in Brown |
Adreinne Theater (PA) |
Duke Ellington Scenes from Romeo and Juliet |
Paris' Page |
STC (DC) |
TRAINING | ||
Temple University |
Ba Theatre and African American Studies |
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Duke Ellington School of the Arts |
Theater |
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Jones Haywood School of Ballet |
Ballet, 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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Synetic Theatre |
Stage Combat, Improvisational movement |
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The Puppet Co |
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 in head, standard |
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Marionetter Theater |
Marionette, shadow |
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Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'6" |
Weight: 133 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