“The Dramatists Guild Legal Defense Fund has announced that the recipient of the 2021 Defender of the Year Award is Sharai Bohannon.”
— DGLDF Defender Award Recepient Announcement. Broadway World.
“…but when a Black playwright submits something that isn’t steeped in trauma, it “doesn’t say anything.””
— 40 Black playwrights on the theater industry’s insidious racism. Los Angeles Times
Facebook Interview with Pulley and Buttonhole Theatre Company for Why Are You Like This?
Interview with Texas Tech’s Lab Theatre for Craigslisted
“the projects that I love come from sitting down with people who spark my imagination.”
— Interview with Playwright Sharai Bohannon. Arkana Blog.
“I write feminist dark comedies…I want more stories with folx onstage, especially folx of color, and I try to do that every chance I get. ”
— Write In My Own Voice: An Interview with Playwright Sharai Bohannon. Scapi Mag.
Facebook Live Interview with The Lantern Theatre for Craigslisted
Reviews
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The funniest entry of the night was WELL THAT JUST HAPPENED…
It's a brilliant bit of comedy that had me smiling and uncontrollably laughing followed by bouts of guilt about finding any of this comical.”
- FADE TO BLACK marches on at MATCH. Broadway World.
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Most will depart a staging of playwright Sharai Bohannon’s original one-act “Craigslisted”…both entertained and grateful.”
- Entertaining ‘Craigslisted’ approaches contemporary college stress. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
“The Devil Eats Oreos wrapped up the program with a shift in tone, a tale of two sisters struggling with mental illness manifested in a fear of the undead that left the audience with a funny, unexpected twist.”
- AIN’T I A WOMAN PLAYFEST at Ain’t I A Woman Playfest. Broadway World.
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The Great Steven Stravinsky”…reminds me a bit of filmmaker Wes Anderson’s nostalgic appreciations, director Reagan Kruse captures an innocence, peppered with bits of “I’m gonna tell” naivete, provided by playwright Sharai Bohannon.”
- Night of one-act plays reveals one with promise. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.