Sharon L. Graine
Founder/Producer/Director
Playhouse Theatre Players
600 Moulton Ave. @103B, Los Angeles, CA 90031
Theatre: (323) 227-5410 Cell: (323) 896-3613 Email: sharonlgraine@aol.com
Ms. Graine started her career as a model/actress and went on to become a Radio Personality, Independent Producer/Director and a Publisher. Some of the highlights of her career include working at KTYM, KACE, KSUL, KLON, KUTY, METROMEDIA etc. in News and Public Affairs. She also has written for a number of Newspapers & Magazines.
Ms. Graine was the recipient of the Advocate for Humanities Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women October 22nd 2005. She has just been selected as a recipient of a Woman of the Year Award by Women In Theatre to be presented to her in October of 2007. And, Ms. Graine was also nominated for Best Director of a Musical - Local for WHEN DIVAs WERE DIVAs by the Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Theatre Awards and she received 3 nominations for her paly My Name Is Eartha,But You May Call Me Miss Kitty and 5 nominations for her play Dorothy & Otto, The Dorothy Dandridge Affair. Her play Inside Vincent Price has received international recognition as has her current play House On The Hill, Mammy Pleasant’s Story.
Ms. Graine is the Creator and Executive Producer of “KSLG Playhouse Theatre Players”. This company performs “The Golden Age of Radio” live on stage, on radio and on cable with great jazz musicians, singers & actors. KSLG played an entire year at the Jazz Bakery and also won the 1997 South Bay (Multiple Cities) Best Director Award & the 1998 Best Creative Production Award for its cable/video presentations.
Ms. Graine has also Produced/Directed over 15 independent productions at the Coconut Grove. *Executive Producer/Director of BROADWAY IN LA performed by ‘Tony Award’ winning Broadway performers. *Produced/Directed and Promoted a show with 700 guests aboard a ship to Avalon with a performance on board & at the Casino in Catalina. *Co-found/Producer/Director (5yrs) of the CHOICE AWARDS with Marla Gibbs. *Creator and Director two of the award winning shows, “A Tribute to Duke Ellington” & “A Tribute to Billy Holiday”. *Co-producer with Embassy Television the award winning play “The Meeting” which also had a successful 8-week run in New York and received one of the three Image Awards for Producing. *Director (3 years) Black American Cinema Society’s annual awards show at the Directors Guild. 1) Salute to Rosalind Cash; 2) Salute to Berney Casey; 3) Salute to Billy Dee Williams. *Publisher (4 years) Theatre Review Magazine – a playbill for smaller theatres houses & on newsstands. Some of the clients included Second City, Theatre 40, Inner City Cultural Center, etc.
Ms. Graine currently is Artistic Director of her own Theatre Playhouse Theatre Players, located in downtown Los Angeles inside the Brewery Art Colony where she continues to do her original works.
Ms. Graine's educational background includes…Credentials -Don Martin School of Radio T.V. Arts & Science; AA – Journalism - West Los Angeles College; BA – Radio/Television Communications - California State University Long Beach
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