Charlotte Dean | |
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 Charlotte Dean (left) at the premiere of Charlotte's Shorts at The Groundlings, 2014 | |
| Born | Charlotte Dean California, United States |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Mother | Tracy Newman |
| Relatives | Laraine Newman (aunt) |
Charlotte Dean is a writer, illustrator, and visual artist known for writing and co-directing the show Charlotte's Shorts , [1] along with Emmy award writer, director, and producer Tracy Newman.
Dean grew up surrounded by the performing arts, spending much of her time as a child at the improvisational and sketch comedy troupe and school The Groundlings seeing her mother performing and teaching with the troupe formed by Gary Austin in 1974. [2]
Dean began writing when she was a child, inspired by her father. [3] After finishing high school she traveled to Mexico City, where she worked as a muralist and continued to write. [4] Her visual artwork has been shown in Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, and Mexico City. [5] Some of her work is part of the Ryan James Fine Arts gallery collection in Kirkland, Washington. [5] She started her blog Charlotte's Shorts in 2008 while in France with her husband, Ro Reyes. [3] In 2014, she made her short stories into a 90-minute show directed by Dean and her mother, Tracy Newman. [3] The show's most recent production in Los Angeles was on October 28, 2014, [6] at The Groundlings, [7] with her aunt, Laraine Newman. Charlotte's Shorts was also performed at the SF Sketchfest on January 31, 2015.
Dean lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband. [1] Together with her mother she runs a production company called Run Along Home Productions. [1] Her son Logan was born in August 2017.[ citation needed ]