Sharr White

Sharr White’s plays have been developed and produced at theatres across the country, Europe and Australia, including Manhattan Theatre Club, MCC Theatre, The New Group, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Melbourne Theatre Company, South Coast Repertory, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and more.

White’s The Other Place received its world premiere Off-Broadway with MCC Theatre, featuring Laurie Metcalf (Lucille Lortel and Obie awards) and directed by Joe Mantello (Lucille Lortel nom). The Other Place subsequently received its Broadway premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club with Joe Mantello again directing Laurie Metcalf (Tony nom). The Other Place was also a recipient of the 2010 Playwrights First Award; the 2011 Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation’s Theatre Visions Fund Award and was an Outer Critics Circle Award nominee for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play.

Annapurna premiered at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco and was a finalist for the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award. The Los Angeles premiere of Annapurna starred Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman – a production that the New Group moved Off-Broadway in the spring of 2014.

His play The Snow Geese premiered on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman theatre in October 2013, starring Mary Louise Parker and directed by Daniel Sullivan, as a co-production between Manhattan Theatre Club and MCC Theatre.

White is currently working on a commission from Steppenwolf Theatre Company.