Shara Ashley Zeiger

Shara Ashley Zeiger is a working actor/writer from Philadelphia residing in NYC. She recently did roles on the new Tracy Morgan Show "The Last O.G." on TBS, "Bull" on CBS, and in the upcoming film "Weight" (with Randy Quaid and Kathy Najimy). As a performer Shara's done work on camera with ABC, MTV, VH1, National Geographic, CollegeHumor, and with many festival running films including "Aphasia" (Tribeca Film Festival/Cannes Short Film Corner/Palm Springs) "Gasp!" (Claremont-Ferrand, ), "High Deny" (Buffalo Niagra Film Festival), and "Girl Clown" (Big Apple Film Festival). Shara was in the National Tour of Imaginary Invalid, and has worked at many theaters Off-Broadway and regionally. Shara is the founding artistic director of The Platform Group in NYC where she produces her work in film and Off-Broadway theatre. Shara is the playwright behind "Roughly Speaking" her critically acclaimed play with rap about the homeless (she was also in) that ran in NYC Fall 2016. It was hailed by Broadwaybox as one of the top 6 plays to see after the election (included with Hamilton & Sweat) and one of the top 6 shows to see with a limited run by Playbill. It is now in development with Rhymes Over Beats and Patrick Blake for an Off-Broadway run in 2020. He play "The Dark Place" was part of the Emerging Artist Theater's New Works Festival in 2014. She is the screenwriter behind shorts "Tupperware Party" (produced by Orange is the New Black's Miriam Morales), "JOE" ( premiering at Sedona International Film Festival 2018), "The Red Lotus", and "Faustess" (The Grove Film Festival, Northeast Film Festival, New Filmmakers Festival NY, Chain Film Festival, VOB Film Festival). Shara devised dozens of new works with students through The Queens Theatre, as a company member with Hivemind Collective, and recently an adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland" with students in Chengdu, China. She's a reader for The O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference, and sits on the board for NY's Educational Theater Association. Shara is alum of Ithaca College, The O'neill Center's National Theater Institute, The Upright Citizens Bridage, Studio 5, and AGR. She is a proud member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA & The Dramatists Guild. Show less «