Sharon Shao

Sharon Shao (she/her) is a Bay Area native actor and musician. She holds a double B.A. in Theatre Arts and Psychology from UC Santa Cruz, and is proud to be a full-time theatermaker and part-time teaching artist. Her favorite local credits include Good Person of Szechwan (CalShakes), Hamlet (Ubuntu Theater Project), Iron Shoes (Shotgun Players), Pool of Unknown Wonders (Ubuntu), Stupid F*cking Bird (City Lights Theater), and Midsummer Night’s Dream (Inferno Theatre). Aside from acting, she is passionate about her SoulTalk Collective, an interdisciplinary troupe that gathers young artists to meet and inspire personal and collective transformation. She also creates original work with The Forum in Oakland, devising, performing, and directing work that integrates theater and journalism.