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SHANNON HARRIS
SAG-AFTRA /AEA


​Yes that's me on The Blacklist 

My episode of The Blacklist aired on Friday 1/22/21!
​Check it out. S8. E3. "16 Ounces" The Blacklist - NBC.com
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Short #2 is #InDeCan #Dassawrap

PictureExcept for clapper shot by yours truly, photos taken by Co-Executive Producer and Assistant Director James S. Washington (bottom right)

​I shot my second short film (title TBA) , which I wrote, produced, directed, and in which I play the lead role (again) on Saturday December 5, 2020.

Huge thanks and congrats to my small but mighty 7-member team! Stay tuned for updates.

Resourceful. Resilient. Relentless. 


​THREE birds is an official selection for #ReelSisters2020!

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Q & A'ing with fellow #ReelSisters2020 directors Brittany Clemons & Chelsea Odufu with moderator Esther Duran.

THREE birds is an official selection for the Love + Activism-themed 2020 Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series.

I had a fab time choppin' it up with fellow #ReelSisters2020 directors Brittany Clemons and Chelsea Odufu with moderator Esther Duran the Trading Places Screening and Q & A block on November 1st.
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"Good ink" from the alma mater!

Click HERE or the pic to read the full article.
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​THREE birds streaming on RWN!

 My short film THREE birds is available on Reel Women's Network -
​a new streaming platform dedicated to women content creators!

​Click HERE to subscribe to access the film and other RWN content.
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​Check out my reels! 

Check out my first (!!) acting and voiceover character reels below! 
(Actor reel edited by Ryan Metcalf)
Voiceover character reel, edited by Christian T. Kelley-Madera, features characters from The Once and Future Nerd:
Ren (Pirate Queen); Prof. Sharon Contee (Academic & Nelson's mother); ​
​Rev. Mildred (Provincial Clergywoman & Nia's mother); and villager (ensemble).


​THREE birds on BARS

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Delightful and deep nearly THREE-hour convo with AJ Throwback and Ramsey Brown on their radio show BARS on Saturday 10/3. I went to junior high school with both of them and HS with AJ in DC.

Click HERE to watch and listen!

(Self-correction: ~2:11 mark, I played Hermione and Paulina in The Winter's Tale (not AMSND).)

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​An Evening of Shorts w/ Filmmaker Q & A

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Another fun screening and Q & A tonight! Congrats to Glass Flower Films' Petol Weekes and The My Take Show's Pam Kuma - we did it! Huge thanks to friends & colleagues - and special thanks to Carole Lowe of Reel Women's Network - for joining us and for their great comments and questions.


​#threebirdsfilm #meetup #watchparty

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#threebirdsfilm #watchparty 7/21/2020
 
​I had the loveliest time discussing my short #threebirdsfilm with this intimate, engaged audience!

My friend Bethany hosted via her GTBN Meetup group, and all who attended made insightful observations and comments and asked great questions.

#heartful #grateful #womeninfilm #femalefilmmakers #representationmatters

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​Back to the (virtual) classroom with brilliant kiddos!


Fab time facilitating a virtual storytelling “mini-residency” via Google Meet with 3-5th graders for the last three Thursday afternoons! As always I was inspired and impressed by how well students absorbed the lessons. Beyond that, I witnessed first-hand their resilience in adapting to virtual learning; and my already tremendous respect for teachers - and parents double-dutying - grew even more.

​Thanks TLP for the opportunity, administrators and teachers for your partnership, and students for your focus and commitment. Congrats again to today’s graduates and HBD you-know-who! 
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Yours truly waiting to join final Google Meet session on 6/25/2020 :)


​#stayhomeifyoucan #honeyouractingskills

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​Fab time facilitating a drama workshop for
Park Avenue Christian Church! Thank you Rev. Jeanette Zaragoza for the invitation and to all who participated in this fun and productive session!


​Sonnets for Shakespeare's Birthday - and Charity!
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​On April 23, 2020 - Shakespeare's 456th birthday - it was an honor and a blast to read Sonnet 106 to support The Actors Fund in the first #LinkedInShakespeare Sonnet Marathon produced by Say Things Better! I cannot thank and congratulate Lila Smith and her team enough for pulling off this epic feat!

Check out my recorded segment from the event's livestream, to the right. ====> =====>


​THREE birds pays it forward! 

A global pandemic wasn’t going to keep me from THREE birds screening and Q & A with high school student filmmakers in The Matthew S. Hisiger Film Foundation’s Evening Film Club. 

Indeed, we rescheduled (from 4/1 to 4/15) and rerouted (from in-person in Westchester to Zoom) to make it happen! Even better: a handful of THREE birds cast and crew were able to join us.

Thank you Dale Hisiger and Betty Garcia for the invitation; your students for their attention and great questions; and my team for your contributions and support throughout this "flight."
For the latest updates, follow and like my production company Tricoastal Productions
Instagram and Facebook pages!
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Screenshot of Evening Film Club Zoom videoconference on 4/15/2020.

Check out THREE birds film trailer below!

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THREE birds flies home!

On February 26th, THREE birds returned to my alma mater and shoot location Barnard College! The film was the opener for "Career Insights: The Entertainment Industry," a panel on which I and four other alum shared our industry experience with a full house of current students.
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Yours truly with fellow Barnard alum (l to r) moderator Laura Burns and fellow panelists Reni Calister, Lily Kaplan, and Lauren Yee in the Ella Weed Room at Milbank Hall on 2/26/20!
PictureFilmmaker photo of yours truly at New Filmmakers NY Screening on 1/15/20!

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​​THREE birds

screened at

NewFilmmakers NY
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on January 15th!

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​THREE birds World Premiere at BAFF!

THREE birds made its World & NYC Premiere at
​Big Apple Film Festival (Fall 2019 Edition) on Wednesday, November 20th.
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Poster designed by Carpe Diem Graphics

​Soar!
 

As of September 2019, my first narrative short film THREE birds, which I wrote, produced,
directed, and in which I lead the diverse cast, is complete and under consideration
at numerous national and international film festivals.

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Image reposted from Tricoastal Productions Instagram page

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Yes, that's me in the season 2 finale of the SyFy series Happy!
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​ THAT'S A WRAP! 
I wrapped principal photography on my first short film* on Saturday March 23rd.
*I wrote, produced, directed, and play the lead role in the film. 

Tremendous thanks to the **VILLAGE** that contributed to this milestone!
To view more production stills, click HERE for Sneak Peek! album on my Facebook actor page.
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Photos credit: yours truly (upper right corner) and Celeste Harris (Set Photographer)
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TOAFN Spring 2019 Release Dates! 
I contributed to this chapter as a writer and voice actor. 

THE ONCE AND FUTURE NERD
Book 2 – Myth Made Flesh
Chapter 5 – “An Impregnable Missive”


Click HERE to listen to Part 1
Click HERE to listen to Part 2
Click HERE to listen to Part 3
Click HERE to listen to Part 4

Visit TOAFN Website for details!

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​Catch me in Showtime's RAY DONOVAN Season 6 Premiere!
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Photo credit: LaRue Stanley

​Yes, that's me as Gwen McIver in Marvel's LUKE CAGE!

Click HERE for my photos from the Kingston, Jamaica location shoot!
PicturePhoto credit: Amy Lee Pearsall
 
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COMPELLED SPEECH

Written by Mac Rogers
Directed by Illana Stein


Wide Eyed Productions 
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#FirstAmendmentProject
Cherry Lane Theatre
November 1st-3rd




Introducing Red Ren the Ruthless on TOAFN


The Once and Future Nerd Book 2 Chapter 4

~ my debut as pirate queen Red Ren the Ruthless and a writer on the series ~

Click links below for each part of the chapter. Enjoy!


Click HERE to listen to Part 1.
Click HERE to listen to Part 2.

Click HERE to listen to Part 3.
Click 
HERE to listen to Part 4 (conclusion of this chapter).
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Fan art of Red Ren the Ruthless from Twitter
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MACBETH
May 4th thru 6th
​Columbia University
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I played Lady Macbeth, a Witch,
and, yes, ​I dramaturged 
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MACBETH 
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directed by Jeffrey Page

at

​Columbia University's Nash Building
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"Fail not our feast."

PictureIllustration by Scott McKowen



Reviews for Connie in

RED VELVET
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at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey:


"The show is directed to the point of perfection by the theatre's Artistic Director, Bonnie J. Monte... This is a production that must be seen."

"The stellar cast of Red Velvet brings the story to life with some of the finest acting you will see on a New Jersey stage."

- BroadwayWorld.com

"The cast is superb... Even minor roles are standouts [including] Shannon Harris as the black servant Connie"

- CentralJersey.com

"Also deserving of praise is Shannon Harris as Connie, a Jamaican-born servant"

-NJArts.net


"Shannon Harris ... really sparkles"

- nj arts maven



"Others who impress include Shannon Harris as the black maid who stands by silently…until she speaks up"

- Scene on Stage

"a stand-out performance from newcomer, Shannon Harris"

-NorthJersey.com

"a canny Shannon Harris"

- app.com


Past performance reviews:
"Once a professional team was developed, they held auditions for a third actor and picked Ms. Harris, as it was unanimous that her talent stood out from the rest."

- The Southampton Press 
"The actors are a tight, energetic team and deliver their lines with spot-on comedic timing. Their nimbleness of wit, language, and movement appears effortless, as light and bouncy as a summer sea breeze. They are graceful in even the most clumsily clownish maneuvering, and their high-energy hijinks are exhilarating. "

- The East Hampton Star
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Photo credit: Nathaniel Johnston
"Shannon Harris as the ultimately lost Hamida was moving and beautiful."

- The Berkshire Edge


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Photo credit: Arthur Provenz
One Artist Web Design 2016