Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance

Sharai Bohannon is a playwright who has had work produced in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Texas, and London, England. Her script, The Great Steven Stravinsky, a ten-minute play about an 11 year-old wannabe magician who learns the magic behind the baffling first crush/kiss and the joys of being an older sibling was published by Applause Books in 10-minute Plays for Kids (2015 Edition). Her full-length play, Craigslisted, has had 3 collegiate productions, a community theatre production at The Lantern Theatre in Conway, Arkansas, received a concert reading at KCACTF Region 6 in 2016, and received staged readings at The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre in 2016, the Women’s Theatre Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2018, The NOLA Project in 2019, and The Road Theatre in 2019. In addition to writing plays Sharai is also a film and pop culture critic for various online magazines.

When not writing, Sharai fills her time working in various front of house positions and as a freelance stage manager. She’s most recently worked in Chicago at Victory Gardens Theatre, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and The Public House Theatre in various patron centric positions. Her Chicago stage management experience includes Victory Gardens Theatre, The Goodman, Black Ensemble Theatre, and The Public House Theatre. Before moving to Chicago she worked as Box Office Manager at the Performing Arts Series in Warrensburg, MO, Assistant Box Office Manager at Texas Tech University, House Manager and Instructor of Record for House Management and Advanced House Management at Texas Tech University, while stage managing a plethora of academic and community theatre productions.