Shayna Small

Shayna Small is an American actor, musician, and audiobook narrator.

Personal life Small attended the Baltimore School for the Arts and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from the Juilliard School.

Career Since graduating from the Juilliard School, she has taught and mentored at the ASTEP, Baltimore School for the Arts, CenterStage, Helen Hayes Foundation, Showdown Theatre Snow College, and Stella Adler Conservatory. She has also served as an Arts Ambassador for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington, as well as an acting coach for operetta Qadar under the artistic direction of Denyce Graves.

Beyond her career as an actress and audiobook narrator, Small has sung at The Apollo, DC Jazz Fest, Joe's Pub, The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Les Poisson Rouge, and Saturday Night Live.

Awards and honors

Awards

Best of lists

Narrations

Stage performances

Off-Broadway

Parable of the Sower (The Public Theater) Rags Parkland Sings Songs of the Future (Ars Nova workshop)

Regional

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Cincinnati Playhouse) The Colored Museum (Huntington Theatre Company) The Glorious World of Crowns, Kinks, and Curls (Baltimore Center Stage) How to Catch Creation (Baltimore Center Stage & Philadelphia Theatre Company) Intimate Apparel (Bay Street Theatre) Just Right Just Now (Theater for the New City) Closer (Load of Fun Theatre) The Oregon Trail (Eugene O'Neill Theater Center) Stew (Cincinnati Playhouse) 2023

The Juilliard School

Assassins Henry IV (Part I) The House of Bernarda Alba Toya in Hurt Village Romeo and Juliet The Threepenny Opera