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
  • ''Rags Parkland Sings Songs of the Future''

    Regional

  • Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
  • The Colored Museum
  • The Glorious World of Crowns, Kinks, and Curls
  • How to Catch Creation
  • Intimate Apparel
  • Just Right Just Now
  • Closer
  • The Oregon Trail
  • Stew 2023

    The Juilliard School

  • Assassins
  • Henry IV
  • The House of Bernarda Alba
  • Toya in Hurt Village
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • ''The Threepenny Opera''