Shayna Small

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Shayna Small is an American actor, musician, and audiobook narrator.

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Personal life

Small attended the Baltimore School for the Arts and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from the Juilliard School. [1] [2]

Career

Since graduating from the Juilliard School, she has taught and mentored at the ASTEP, Baltimore School for the Arts, CenterStage, Helen Hayes Foundation, Showdown Theatre Snow College, and Stella Adler Conservatory. She has also served as an Arts Ambassador for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington, as well as an acting coach for operetta Qadar under the artistic direction of Denyce Graves.

Beyond her career as an actress and audiobook narrator, Small has sung at The Apollo, DC Jazz Fest, Joe's Pub, The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Les Poisson Rouge, and Saturday Night Live. [3]

Awards and honors

Awards

YearTitleAuthor(s)Other narrator(s)AwardResult
2018 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? Stories (2018) N.K. Jemisin Gail Nelson-Holgate, Robin Ray Eller, Ron Butler, Kevin Stillwell, Je Nie Fleming, and Jeanette Illidge Earphones Award Winner [4]
2019Red at the Bone (2019) Jacqueline Woodson Jacqueline Woodson, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Peter Francis James, and Bahni Turpin Earphones Award Winner [5]
2020Overground Railroad (2020) Lesa Cline-Ransome Shayna Small and Lesa Cline-Ransome (author's note) Earphones Award Winner [6]
2021The Kindest Lie (2021)Nancy Johnson Earphones Award Winner [7]
Last Stop from Innocence (2021)Takerra Allen Earphones Award Winner [8]
The Overground Railroad (2020) Lesa Cline-Ransome Shayna Small Audie Award for Young Listeners' Title Winner [9] [10]
2022 Blackout Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Imani Parks, Jordan Cobb, Shayna Small, A.J. Beckles, and Bahni Turpin Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections Winner [11] [12]

Best of lists

YearTitleAuthorOther Narrator(s)
2019Red at the Bone (2019) Jacqueline Woodson Jacqueline Woodson, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Peter Francis James, and Bahni Turpin AudioFile Best of Fiction, Poetry & Drama [12] [13]
2020 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? Stories (2018) N.K. Jemisin Gail Nelson-Holgate, Robin Ray Eller, Ron Butler, Kevin Stillwell, Je Nie Fleming, and Jeanette Illidge Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [14]
Red at the Bone (2019) Jacqueline Woodson Jacqueline Woodson, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Peter Francis James, and Bahni Turpin Listen List [15]
Overground Railroad (2020) Lesa Cline-Ransome Dion Graham and Lesa Cline-Ransome (author's note)AudioFile Best of Children's Title [12]
The Vanishing Half   (2020) Brit Bennett AudioFile Best of   Fiction [12]
2021 The Vanishing Half   (2020) Brit Bennett Listen List [16] [17]
2022Flyy Girls Ashley Woodfolk Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [18]
The Gilded Ones Namina Forna Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [18]
The Office of Historical Corrections (2020)Danielle EvansJoniece Abbott-Pratt, Nicole Lewis, Brittany Pressley, January LaVoy, Adenrele Ojo, and Janina EdwardsListen List [19]

Narrations

YearTitleAuthorOther Narrator(s)
2018 Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (2018)Safiya Umoja Noble
2018 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? Stories (2018) N.K. Jemisin Gail Nelson-Holgate, Robin Ray Eller, Ron Butler, Kevin Stillwell, Je Nie Fleming, and Jeanette Illidge
2019It was All A Dream: A New Generation Confronts the Broken Promise to Black America (2019)Reniqua Allen
Red at the Bone (2019) Jacqueline Woodson Jacqueline Woodson, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Peter Francis James, and Bahni Turpin
2020All the Stars and Teeth (2020)Adalyn Grace
Antiracist Baby (2020) Ibram X. Kendi Guy Lockard
Now That I've Found You (2020)Kristina Forest
The Office of Historical Corrections (2020)Danielle EvansJoniece Abbott-Pratt, Nicole Lewis, Brittany Pressley, January LaVoy, Adenrele Ojo, and Janina Edwards
Otaku (2020) Chris Kluwe
Overground Railroad (2020) Lesa Cline-Ransome Shayna Small and Lesa Cline-Ransome (author's note)
Together in a Sudden Strangeness: America's Poets Respond to the Pandemic (2020)Alice Quinn (editor) Edoardo Ballerini, Gisela Chípe, Catherine Cohen, Michael Crouch, Catherine Ho, Hillary Huber, Nicole Lewis, Dani Martineck, Prentice Onayemi, Elisabeth Rodgers, and Neil Shah
Trouble the Saints (2020) Alaya Dawn Johnson Neil Shah
The Vanishing Half (2020) Brit Bennett
2021Feminist AF: A Guide to Crushing Girlhood (2021) Brittney Cooper, Chanel Craft Tanner, and Susana MorrisTrei Taylor and Robin Eller
The Gilded Ones (2021) Namina Forna
The Kindest Lie (2021)Nancy Johnson
Last Stop from Innocence (2021)Takerra Allen
Sister in Arms (2021)Kaia Alderson
Stella (2021) Takis Würger with Liesl Schillinger (translator)Will Damron
We Are Not Like Them (2021)Christine Pride and Jo Piazza Marin Ireland, Kevin R. Free, and Chanté McCormick
2022Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round: My Story of the Making of Martin Luther King Day (2022)Kathlyn J. Kirkwood
Goliath (2022) Tochi Onyebuchi Stephanie Willis, Tim Campbell, Kevin R. Free, Adam Lazarre-White, JD Jackson, Juliana Velez, and Nidra Sous La Terre
Last Summer on State Street (2022)Toya Wolfe

Stage performances

Off-Broadway

Regional

The Juilliard School

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References

  1. ↑ "Shayna Small". Geffen Playhouse. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  2. ↑ "Meet the cast: Shayna Small". Huntington Theatre. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  3. ↑ "Shayna Small". Books on Tape. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  4. ↑ "HOW LONG TIL BLACK FUTURE MONTH by NK Jemisin Read by Gail Nelson-Holgate Shayna Small Robin Ray Eller Ron Butler Kevin Stillwell Je Nie Fleming Jeanette Illidge | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  5. ↑ "RED AT THE BONE by Jacqueline Woodson Read by Jacqueline Woodson Quincy Tyler Bernstine Peter Francis James Shayna Small Bahni Turpin | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  6. ↑ "OVERGROUND RAILROAD by Lesa Cline-Ransome Read by Shayna Small Dion Graham Lesa Cline-Ransome Note | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  7. ↑ "THE KINDEST LIE by Nancy Johnson Read by Shayna Small | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  8. ↑ "LAST STOP FROM INNOCENCE by Takerra Allen Read by Shayna Small | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
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