ELYSE SHARP

Elyse Sharp is an actor (Actor’s Equity Association), podcaster, producer, director, dramaturg, and teaching artist currently residing in Sacramento, California.

Elyse completed a year-long acting apprenticeship at  Capital Stage Company, where she also was seen as Debbie in THE REAL THING  and Fleance in MACBETH. After a few years working in Los Angeles, she returned to Capital Stage as Mary Bennet in MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY. She has also worked with B Street Theatre, where she originated the role of Niko in the world premiere of Robert Caisley’s THE PRINCE OF LIGHTNING: THE STORY OF YOUNG NIKOLA TESLA, BOY GENIUS, and Pacific Repertory Theatre Company.

She has directed staged readings of new works as part of B Street Theatre’s New Comedies Festival (Below Zero by Anna Watts) and Capital Stage’s Playwrights’ Revolutions (-in-chief by Ally Duvak). Under the leadership of Artistic Director Tara Kayton, she was the assistant director and dramaturg for Shakespeare on the Vine’s productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry IV (An Adaptation of Parts 1 and 2), and Twelfth Night. She was also a co-adaptor of Shakespeare on the Vine’s Henry IV.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Theatre Performance from Whittier College. While at Whittier, she was honored to receive the Outstanding Graduate in Theatre award and to become one of 48 Irene Ryan Regional Semi-Finalists at the Kennedy Center-American College Theatre Region 8 Festival (Southern California, Southern Nevada, Northern Arizona, Utah, Hawaii, and Guam).

Elyse is a huge Shakespeare nerd and is passionate about New Works and Theatre for Young Audiences. She’ll also gladly talk to you about podcasts, including her own: Shakespeare Anyone?