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SHANARA GABRIELLE
917.543.8555 • [email protected]
DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
Upcoming Projects:
Two Gentlemen of Vernona, by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Touring Company
Blues for Mister Charlie , by James Baldwin
Assistant Director, Washington University/The Black Rep
The Little Prince, by Rick Cummins
COCA Presents: Family Theater Series
Recent Projects:
Swallows and Amazons, by Neil Hannon and Helen Edmundson
COCA Presents: Family Theater Series
Suessical, by Ahrens & Flaherty
Villa Duchesne Academy
Childcare, by Margaret Stamell
OnSite Theatre Company
Hansel and Gretel, The Next Generation, by Kim Esop Wylie
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Imaginary Theatre Company
The Pajama Game, by Adler/Ross & Abbott/Bissell
Villa Duchesne Academy
Willy Wonka, Jr , by Bricusse, Newley, and McDonald
Center of Creative Arts
Wisewrite, by selected young playwrights
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
The Secret Garden, by Pamela Sterling
COCA Theatre Ensemble
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, by Sheinkin & Finn
Villa Duchesne Academy
Her Kind: The Life and Poetry of Anne Sexton, by Hannah Wolfe
New York Fringe Festival
San Francisco Fringe Festival
Bowery Poetry Club
Dixon Place Theatre
Alice in Wonderland, adapted from Lewis Caroll by Disney
Stages Performing Arts Academy
Saint Margaret of Scotland School
Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club
ANON(ymous), by Naomi Iizuka
COCA Theatre Ensemble
A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt, Voice and Dialect Coach
Saint Louis Actor's Studio
Little Shop of Horrors, by Menken & Ashman, Assistant Director
Gilmore Creek Theatre
The Foreigner, by Larry Shue, Assistant Director/Dialect Coach
Gilmore Creek Theatre
The Hundred Dresses, by Mary Hall Surface
COCA Theatre Ensemble
Antigone in Progress, adapted from Sophocles by Ensemble, Assistant Director
Epic Theatre Ensemble
Chill With Will, Compiled from Shakespeare by Ensemble
Piper Theatre Productions
Passionella, by Harnick/Bock/Feiffer
Webster Conservatory of Theatre Arts
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2001 – present
Acting Resume available upon request. Regional highlights: Guthrie Theater, Great
Lakes Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, American
Heartland Theatre, Great River Shakespeare Festival, Northern Stage, Hollywood
Playhouse. NYC highlights: The Wild Party, Meet Me In St. Louis, Twelfth Night,
American Girls Revue, War Bonds, In The Mood. TV & Film highlights: NBC's
Chicago Fire, Conviction, CBS's Guiding Light, numerous commercials and
independent films.
2002 – 2010
Guest Artist, Director, and Educator with:
St. Louis University, Theatre Department
Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts
Center of Creative Arts, St. Louis
Stages Performing Arts Academy, St. Louis
Interchange Arts, St. Louis
Center for Transforming Worship, Nationwide
Great River Shakespeare Festival, Minnesota
Elderhostel and Grandparents University, Nationwide
Hospital Audiences, Inc., New York
Yonkers Shakespeare Project, New York
New York Historical Society, New York
2009 – present
Aerialist and performer, reel available upon request.
EDUCATION
Webster Conservatory of Theatre Arts
B.F.A. in Musical Theatre, 2001
AWARDS AND HONORS
Grace LeVine Theatre Award, Princes Grace Foundation
Marita Woodruff Award, Webster University
BIOGRAPHY
Shanara Gabrielle is a midwest-based artist working in a wide variety of theatrical mediums. As an
actor, director, musician, aerialist, and performer Ms. Gabrielle is keen to find these arts' points of intersection
and discover new ways to shape the future of the American Theatre.
Interested in creating new work and re-imagining classic tales, Ms. Gabrielle has been fortunate to
collaborate with playwrights, directors, actors, and translators on the premier of a number of new plays and
adaptations in the past year. Most recently, she collaborated on the American premier of a a brand new musical,
shepherded a new play commissioned by St. Louis' site-specific theatre, and directed a steampunk inspired re-
imagining of Suessical the Musical. Currently, Ms. Gabrielle is developing a new collaborative aerial theatre
piece for Actor's Theatre of Louisville and acting in productions with Stages St. Louis and Idaho Shakespeare
Festival.
Ms. Gabrielle has worked at theaters across the country including: The Guthrie Theater, Great Lakes
Theatre, Northern Stage, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Metropolitan Playhouse, St. Louis Repertory Theatre,
Theatre for the New City, Hollywood Playhouse, Musicals Tonight, The Black Rep, American Heartland
Theatre, Upstream Theater, and been an ensemble member at The Great River Shakespeare Festival. She has
appeared in film, television, and commercials. She is a proud member of AEA, and SAG-AFTRA.