Sharon Sharth
- Actress
- Writer
Sharon Sharth (aka Sharon Schlarth) is best known as member and principal actress with the renowned Circle Repertory Theatre Company in New York City, where she developed new plays with Aaron Sorkin, Lanford Wilson, Shirley Lauro, Caroline Kava, John Pielmeier... On and Off-Broadway, Sharon originated fourteen lead roles.
As a lifetime member of The Actor's Studio, she has performed at Manhattan Theatre Club, Broadway's Cort Theatre, Promenade Theatre on Broadway, Geffen Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Old Globe Theatre, Rubicon Theatre, Coachella Valley Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival, Yale Rep, the Eugene O'Neill Playwright's Conference, and she has toured internationally, most notably in Japan in Sam Shepard's Fool for Love after she played the role in NYC.
Sharon shortened her last name to Sharth and took a break from acting to become a best-selling author of sixteen children's books with various publishers. Why the hiatus? While working at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego on Mark Harelik's musical, Lost Highway, Mark accidentally dislocated her jaw on stage. She finished the performance, finished the run, but left the business to recover, recoup, and regroup.
Back now for seven years in Los Angeles, Sharon has been nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress Awards for Alan Ayckbourn's Woman in Mind, Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Terrence McNally's A Perfect Ganesh, and Arlene Hutton's See Rock City and Gulf View Drive. Other recent stage work includes The Snake Can by Kathryn Graf, Switzerland by Joanna Murray-Smith, and Waiting for Grace, written by and starring Sharon.
On screen, Sharon has played opposite George Clooney, Judd Hirsch, Will Patton, Bob Newhart, Stephen Lang, Louis Gossett, Jr, Margaret Cho, Jane Kaczmarek, and the great George Carlin. Ray Bradbury made sure Sharon was cast in the BBC's television production of his short stories after they worked together on Fahrenheit 451 in Los Angeles. Independent film leads include Doorman with Bradley Whitford, Eat and Run with Ron Silver, and the principal villain of In the Forest coming to theatres soon!
She is writing a memoir, To Love What Death Can Touch, about Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) - a common yet rarely recognized type of psychosis. She is also creating a new television comedy series, Melinda Wild.
As a lifetime member of The Actor's Studio, she has performed at Manhattan Theatre Club, Broadway's Cort Theatre, Promenade Theatre on Broadway, Geffen Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Old Globe Theatre, Rubicon Theatre, Coachella Valley Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival, Yale Rep, the Eugene O'Neill Playwright's Conference, and she has toured internationally, most notably in Japan in Sam Shepard's Fool for Love after she played the role in NYC.
Sharon shortened her last name to Sharth and took a break from acting to become a best-selling author of sixteen children's books with various publishers. Why the hiatus? While working at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego on Mark Harelik's musical, Lost Highway, Mark accidentally dislocated her jaw on stage. She finished the performance, finished the run, but left the business to recover, recoup, and regroup.
Back now for seven years in Los Angeles, Sharon has been nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress Awards for Alan Ayckbourn's Woman in Mind, Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Terrence McNally's A Perfect Ganesh, and Arlene Hutton's See Rock City and Gulf View Drive. Other recent stage work includes The Snake Can by Kathryn Graf, Switzerland by Joanna Murray-Smith, and Waiting for Grace, written by and starring Sharon.
On screen, Sharon has played opposite George Clooney, Judd Hirsch, Will Patton, Bob Newhart, Stephen Lang, Louis Gossett, Jr, Margaret Cho, Jane Kaczmarek, and the great George Carlin. Ray Bradbury made sure Sharon was cast in the BBC's television production of his short stories after they worked together on Fahrenheit 451 in Los Angeles. Independent film leads include Doorman with Bradley Whitford, Eat and Run with Ron Silver, and the principal villain of In the Forest coming to theatres soon!
She is writing a memoir, To Love What Death Can Touch, about Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) - a common yet rarely recognized type of psychosis. She is also creating a new television comedy series, Melinda Wild.
