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 ]
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Charlotte's Shorts is a 90 minute live performance of Charlotte Dean's short stories. The show has traditionally been cast with current and past Groundlings, such as Tim Bagley, Jim Rash, Jillian Bell, Jordan Black, Gary Anthony Williams, Jonathan Stark, Michael Hitchcock, Andrew Friedman, Daniele Gaither, Mindy Sterling, and Laraine Newman. In 2014, Charlotte's Shorts was performed at various theaters in Los Angeles, including two shows at The Groundlings Theater. Charlotte's Shorts is prominently featured in SF Sketchfest and The Hollywood Fringe Festival.
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