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SHAVONNE GRANDISON

Shavonne Grandison

510-689-9894

shavonnegrandison@gmail.com

THEATER

As You Like It

Alice's Wonderland

Romeo & Juliet

The Mountaintop

Doubt: A Parable

Men On Boats

Julius Caesar

The Brothers Paranormal

The Just

Ruined

Hairspray

Little Shop of Horrors

Negra

Rosalind

Alice

Nurse

Camae

Mrs. Muller

Hawkins

Marullus/Ligarius

Delia

Dora

Sophie

Motormouth Maybelle

Ronnete

Ensemble

New Swan Shakes. Fest./ dir. Beth Lopes

South Coast Repertory Theatre/ dir. Rob Salas

Irvine Barclay Theatre/ dir. Andrew Borba, Dir.

The Little Theatre/ dir. Independent Project

Robert Cohen Theatre/ dir. Angela Cruz

Claire Trevor Theatre/ dir. Juliette Carrillo

New Swan Shakes. Fest./ dir. Andrew Borba

Experimental Media Lab/ dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera

The Little Theatre/ dir. Mihai Maniutiu

UCI/ Independent Project

Bishop O' Dowd Theatre/ dir. Dennis Kholes

Bishop O' Dowd Theatre/ dir. Dennis Kholes

The Robey Theatre/ dir. Daphne Sicre

FILM & TELEVISION

Henry Danger

The Last Day

Entrophy

Ava

I Sold My Soul

Yes You Can!

Singing Production Asst.

Best Hair Student

Isis

Principal

Young Mama

Guest Personality

TRAINING  

Nickelodeon

BuzzFeed

Short Film

Short Film

Short Film

Refinery29

Masters of Fine Arts in Acting ~ University of California, Irvine

  • Acting: Andrew Borba, Richard Brestoff, Mihai Mantinui

  • Voice: Catherine Fitzmaurice Voice Work, Cynthia Bassham

  • Speech: Knight Thompson Speech Work, Phil Thompson

  • Movement: Contact Improvisation, Annie Loui

  • Clowning: Eli Simon

  • Stage Combat: Gregory Hoffman

  • Stand-Up Comedy: Eli Simon 

Seven Pillars Acting

  • Sonya Cooke

Monologue Coaching ~ Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism - Theatre Minor ~ University of La Verne

Dance

  • Dance Company, Kathy Feder

SKILLS 

Dance: Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Musical Theatre, African

Movement: Contact Improvisation, Yoga, Barre, Strength and Cardio Training, Pilates

Accents: New York variations, British variations: Antique RP, MLE, Estuary, Cockney, Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African variations, Non-rhotic southern, Rhotic southern, Trinidad and Tobago, Any other accent by request: Trained using the International Phonetic Alphabet

Sports: Basketball, volleyball, cheer, basic swimming, rollerskating, biking

Singing/Voice: Alto, whistling

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BOY MEETS WORLD

COMMUNITY

BRIDESMAIDS

PARKS & RECREATION

RABBIT HOLE

STAND-UP COMEDY

HAIRSPRAY

SCENE as MIA, ACTING for the CAMERA

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