Sharai Bohannon

Sharai Bohannon

Sharai Bohannon is a playwright, theatre enthusiast, and recovering coffee addict living in Chicago, Il. Sharai Bohannon has had work produced in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, and North Carolina. Her script, The Great Steven Stravinsky, a ten-minute play about an 11 year-old wannabe magician who learns the magic behind the baffling first crush/kiss and the joys of being an older sibling...
Sharai Bohannon is a playwright, theatre enthusiast, and recovering coffee addict living in Chicago, Il. Sharai Bohannon has had work produced in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, and North Carolina. Her script, The Great Steven Stravinsky, a ten-minute play about an 11 year-old wannabe magician who learns the magic behind the baffling first crush/kiss and the joys of being an older sibling was published by Applause Books in 10-minute Plays for Kids (2015 Edition). Her full-length play, Craigslisted, has had 3 collegiate productions, a community theatre production at The Lantern Theatre in Conway, Arkansas, received a concert reading at KCACTF Region 6 in 2016, and received staged readings at The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre in 2016 and the Women’s Theatre Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2018.

Plays

  • The Goodbye Girls by Sharai Bohannon
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: accepting death, approaching death + 2 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: accepting death, approaching death, bonds of friendship, found family
    Five friends gather to send off one of their own.
  • THERE'S A PLOT AFOOT by Sharai Bohannon
    Cast: 
    9–10
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: BIPOC leads
    Genre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, mystery/thriller, parody/spoof
    Keyword: BIPOC leads
    A group of writers on a retreat soon find out that murder, mystery, and mayhem doesn't take a vacation.

    Developed for, and by, Furman University Theatre.

    *This is an early draft.*
  • Shadow Queen by Sharai Bohannon
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: self-esteem, Black women's monologue
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: self-esteem, Black women's monologue
    Angie is excited to meet her photographer and share why she's getting this very special photo taken.

    This monologue was written for, and performed by, Stage Left Presents: Empower June 2021.
  • The Waiting Room by Sharai Bohannon
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    6–7
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    Genre: drama, experimental
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, magical realism + 2 more
    Genre: drama, experimental
    Keyword: LGBTQ, magical realism, death, memory
    Lane and Pete try to comfort their friend, Elliot, as he waits to die. The three friends take a unique trip down memory lane as a way to cope with the serious situation they find themselves in.
  • Turndown Service by Sharai Bohannon
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: Farce, comedy + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, farce
    Keyword: Farce, comedy, dark comedy, death
    Turndown Service is a modern farce. At its heart, the play is about friendship, romantic relationships, and how we let fear and insecurity turn us into less pleasant versions of ourselves. The show revolves around two friends, Adam and Cameron, at a failed bachelor party and Adam’s fiancé, Betty, who stumbles into a unique situation and unknowingly complicates things further. The three of them end up...
    Turndown Service is a modern farce. At its heart, the play is about friendship, romantic relationships, and how we let fear and insecurity turn us into less pleasant versions of ourselves. The show revolves around two friends, Adam and Cameron, at a failed bachelor party and Adam’s fiancé, Betty, who stumbles into a unique situation and unknowingly complicates things further. The three of them end up strengthening their relationships under these strange circumstances, while learning much more about themselves, and each other, than they ever wanted to know.
  • The Great Steven Stravinsky by Sharai Bohannon
    Recommendations: 12
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: comedy, kids + 1 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: comedy, kids, growing up
    An 11 year-old wannabe magician learns the magic behind the baffling first crush/kiss and the joys of being an older sibling.

    Updated on 3/1/2021.
  • The Games We Play by Sharai Bohannon
    Recommendations: 12
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, experimental
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    Keyword: gun control, children + 1 more
    Genre: drama, experimental
    Keyword: gun control, children, short
    Written in memory of Pastor Fred Winters for Code Red Playwrights: Enough.
  • What About the Children? by Sharai Bohannon
    Recommendations: 10
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: ice, immigration
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: ice, immigration
    The wife of an ICE officer has had enough. Written for Protest Plays Project's #TheatreActionImmigration
  • It's Always the Quiet Ones by Sharai Bohannon
    Recommendations: 10
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: puppets, dating + 1 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: puppets, dating, Playfest
    Andy gets a lot more than he bargained for after swiping right on Tinder. A lot more...
  • The Devil Eats Oreos? by Sharai Bohannon
    Recommendations: 17
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: comedy, horror
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, horror
    Keyword: comedy, horror
    Susan is worried about letting evil into the apartment. Lydia is worried that her sister, Susan, is losing her grip on reality.
  • Once Upon a Line by Sharai Bohannon
    Recommendations: 11
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: friendship, Harry Potter + 2 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: friendship, Harry Potter, fandom, growing up
    Two friends grow closer while waiting in line for the final Harry Potter book.

    ***Temporarily pulled until the playwright can rewrite the whole play due to JK Rowling being an awful person.***
  • Well That Just Happened by Sharai Bohannon
    Recommendations: 11
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    Cast: 
    3–4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: holiday, death + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, holiday
    Keyword: holiday, death, office culture, middle age
    It's the day of the office holiday party and Mary just ruined it.
  • Edmund Fitzwater Doesn’t Have Any Answers for You by Sharai Bohannon
    Recommendations: 17
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, horror + 1 more
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    Keyword: technology, Non-Binary + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy, horror, science fiction
    Keyword: technology, Non-Binary, Young actors
    Three friends download a new app that is supposed to have answers to everything. One of the friends soon finds out the app doesn't always have the answers they hoped for.
  • Craigslisted by Sharai Bohannon
    Recommendations: 29
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    Cast: 
    5–7
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: feminist, social media + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: feminist, social media, millennials, sex workers, college, blind copy, Kansas City, Missouri
    *Third Annual New Comedies Festival at B Street Theatre Semi-Finalist 2020*

    *Unicorn Theatre's 2019-2020 In-Progress New Play Reading Series Semi-Finalist*

    A down-on-her-luck college student turns to the Craigslist personals to make a living. Her interactions lead her to find out more about other people (and herself) than she ever wanted to know.

    **New version uploaded on December 1, 2022**
  • Why Are You Like This? (The Audience Services Play) by Sharai Bohannon
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    11–27
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: call center, large cast + 1 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: call center, large cast, intersectional feminism
    *Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist 2021*

    The call center of an opera company is filled with employees trying to reach their full potential as capitalism, life, and their customers continuously interrupt them.
  • In the End by Sharai Bohannon
    Recommendations: 13
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    Cast: 
    5–9
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 2 more
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    Keyword: gun violence, black lives matter + 7 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, science fiction, tragedy
    Keyword: gun violence, black lives matter, sayhername, death, mysticism, blind copy, full length, feminist, Bechdel Test
    *The Kilroy's List 2020*
    *Equity Library Theatre’s 2019 All Access Reading Series Finalist*
    *Athena Project Plays in Progress Semi-Finalist 2019*
    *Downstage Left Residency Semi-Finalist 2019*

    Emmy and Bridget continually cross paths during the worst of times. Both are on separate missions in a city where violence runs rampant. Emmy deviates from her usual routine of...
    *The Kilroy's List 2020*
    *Equity Library Theatre’s 2019 All Access Reading Series Finalist*
    *Athena Project Plays in Progress Semi-Finalist 2019*
    *Downstage Left Residency Semi-Finalist 2019*

    Emmy and Bridget continually cross paths during the worst of times. Both are on separate missions in a city where violence runs rampant. Emmy deviates from her usual routine of comforting dying people to spend more time among the humans and to try to inspire them to get off of their predetermined course. Meanwhile, Bridget races the clock to find her missing sister, hoping she can still be brought home alive. In the End, tries to make sense of the senselessness of death and provide some small comfort to those who grieve the fallen.

    *Seeking all Development Opportunities*

    **New draft uploaded on 2/15/2021**
  • A VERY STABLE GENIUS (Co-written with Ben Brinkley, Diana Burbano, Rachael Carnes, Greg Burdick and Jordan Elizabeth Henry) by Sharai Bohannon
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    8–1000
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 15 more
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    Keyword: ubu roi, artistic collaboration + 1 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, commedia dell'arte, docudrama/historic, experimental, fable/folktale, fantasy, farce, immersive, melodrama, movement/physical, pageant, pantomime, parody/spoof, political, science fiction, tragedy
    Keyword: ubu roi, artistic collaboration, Paula Vogel Inspired
    A timeless work of staggering, unparalleled artistry. Believe me.