JASMINE SHARMA (she/her) is a South Asian-American actor/writer/activist based in Los Angeles. She aims to focus her work at the intersection of race, femininity, and Americanness. Bonus points if it’s community driven. And if we’re paying everybody.
Plays include RADIAL GRADIENT (Upcoming World Premiere at Shattered Globe Theatre, Eugene O’Neill NPC Semi-Finalist, Kennedy Center ACTF, Lime Arts Productions, Samuel-Lancaster Productions, Avalanche Theatre Company at The Den Theatre, Mad Cow Theatre, NextStage Theatre Company, Permafrost Theatre Collective), FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION (Moxie Arts NYC), CANCELLED/CANCEL ME (The Road Theatre, Ashland New Plays Festival), VIRGINS: A Madonna Bootcamp (Jackalope Theatre Company), KIDS CLUB/CLUB KIDS (SERIALS by The Fled Collective), GUT PUNCH (AlterTheater Ensemble First Acts commission), LEAVING WONDERLAND (Access Theater NYC, American Blues Theater Finalist, The Athena Project Semi-Finalist, Aston Rep), and HOT DOGS AND FEMINISM (Mayo Performing Arts Center, The Valdez Last Frontier Theatre Conference) among others. Recent acting credits include WIVES (Aurora Theatre Company) and THE WOLVES (McCarter Theatre Center).
Jasmine has also contributed to @iWeigh, and worked with the @24HourPlays, both as an actor and a writer. Sometimes, she Script PAs Broadway musicals. Jasmine a 2022-2023 Reel Sisters Fellow, and a member of The IAMA Emerging Playwrights Lab 2022-2023. Northwestern University. jasminesharma.org | @jasminesharmaa