Biography

Shara Ashley Zeiger is a working actor/writer from Philadelphia. Some highlight roles include working on HBO's "The Plot Against America", CBS's "BULL", TBS's "The Last O.G.", and in the film "All You Can Eat" (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. Shara was in a bilingual 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, her small entity, 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. 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. Her play "The Dark Place" was part of the Emerging Artist Theater's New Works Festival. She is the screenwriter/producer behind shorts "Tupperware Party", "JOE", "The Red Lotus", "Faustess", and also director of "Secret Feminism" and "IMustacheYou". Shara devised dozens of new works with students through various residencies, as a company member with Hivemind Collective, and recently an adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland" she then directed for students in Chengdu, China. She's a reader for The O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference, and sat on the board for NY's Educational Theater Association for 10 years. 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. Shara's home base is in NYC, but she has residencies in Boston, and Maimi and can also work locally to Philadelphia and LA. SharaAshleyZeiger.com ThePlatformGroup.org @SharaAshleyZ
- IMDb mini biography by: Shara Ashley Zeiger