Shannon R. Davis

Shannon R. DavisShannon R. DavisShannon R. Davis

Shannon R. Davis

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Creating Inspiring Storytelling

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Creating Inspiring Storytelling

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Theatre Artisan

Helen. Theatre of Yugen. 2019. Directed by Shannon R Davis. Starring Adrian Deane & Steven Flores.

Director

Teaching Artist

Performer

Intercultural theatrical experiences. Traditional movement. Creating pieces to provoke meaningful dialogue.

Celestial Being in Puppets & Poe. Theatre of Yugen. 2019. Also pictured Alan Coyne.

Performer

Teaching Artist

Performer

Classically trained. Modern, social justice mentality. Dancer. Singer.

Shannon Davis talks portraying characters written for men in Ashland, OR. 2018.

Teaching Artist

Teaching Artist

Teaching Artist

Decolonizing classes on the art of acting and directing. All ages.

About

My mantra is like campsite rules: leave the world a better place than I found it. My chosen mediums are theatre, experiential performance, & healing.


First, I am a director. My main focus of work is classical re-envisionings through an intercultural lens that use traditional movement & contemporary issues to explore societal inequities & raise awareness- both in process & product. Then I add in satire, silliness, & maybe puppets.

Second, I act. I have classical Stanislavski, Laban, and Theatre of the Oppressed-based training.

Third, I teach. I practice decolonization, anti-racism, and mindfulness in my curriculum. Practice and process oriented.

Fourth, I work in development & community for non-profit companies, helping raise money, secure grants, and build community to serve their missions.

Fifth, and most important, I work at the intersection of Anti-racism, Decolonization, re-Indigenization, Healing, and Art. I am a member of a Bay Area accountability workgroup. I regularly participate in or lead Anti-racist trainings and seminars. I disrupt. I create art that defies white capitalist colonial constructs. I bring an abundance mindset to my community. I seek to heal our communities, heal myself, my ancestors, and generations to come.


I currently reside in El Cerrito, the traditional unceded land of the Ohlone. I am originally from Wisconsin, and am a mixed person of the Sami, Potawatomi, & Ojibwe decent (& unknown South American & European descent). I am Queer. I am a Woman and use she/her/they pronouns. I practice both my traditional Indigenous spirituality and my traditional familial Paganism. Identity is complex. If you have any questions about my people, my community ties, and my story, you can ask me. I come from a large midwestern family that eats too much cheese. I still eat too much cheese even here in the Bay. I live with my partner and a five-year-old child. We have two cats, Almond and Freya. When I'm not making art for the stage, I make more art. I have an online jewelry business. I draw. I paint. I craft. I cook. I commune.

On the horizon

Directing-wise:


Much Ado About Nothing. Director. San Francisco Shakespeare Festival


Daughters of Leda. Director. UC-Berkeley.  March 2023


BRAIDED. Director/Co-writer. 

You can hire me

Resumes, portfolios, and references  below.

 

Available for:


Directing

Performing

Teaching

Producing

Community Organizing

Videos

Indigenous Excellence

 A video I directed in collaboration with Bay Area Theater Cypher and Indigenous Artists.

Together We Rise

A live virtual fundraiser I produced & directed for Theatre Bay Area. Featuring Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Daveed Diggs, Lauren Gunderson, and others.

Selected Directing Photos

Shannon directing a tech rehearsal for a dance number at Fintdaz 2019 in Iquque Chile.
Puppets & Poe: Devised Defiance. San Francisco 2019.
visual descriptor: two large puppets share a bo
The Rez Sisters. New Native Theater. MN. 2019
Puppets & Poe: Devised Defiance. San Francisco 2019.
Helen. Theatre of Yugen. San Francisco 2019.

Photo by Devlin Shand
Puppets & Poe: Devised Defiance. San Francisco 2019.
Helen. Theatre of Yugen. San Francisco 2019.

Photo by Devlin Shand
Helen. Theatre of Yugen. San Francisco 2019.

Photo by Devlin Shand
The Rez Sisters. New Native Theater. MN. 2019
Helen. Theatre of Yugen. San Francisco 2019.

Photo by Devlin Shand
Puppets & Poe: Devised Defiance. San Francisco 2019.
Helen. Theatre of Yugen. San Francisco 2019.

Photo by Devlin Shand
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Selected Acting Photos

Playing at looking serious.
(middle) portraying Scrooge in A Noh Christmas Carol. Theatre of Yugen 2017.
Santiago Chile. Dance. Shannon playing the first woman.
Kabuki Richard III. UW-Madison 2013. As Lady Anne.
Headshot
(right) portraying Scrooge in A Noh Christmas Carol. Theatre of Yugen 2017.
Shannon pretending she's not burning in Hawaii.
Puppets & Poe. Shannon dancing back up to a puppet in Dead Woman.
Playing director at a premiere at New Native Theatre in Minneapolis.
Kabuki Richard III. Flying ghost of Anne. One of the coolest things I'll ever get to do onstage.
Shannon yet again pretending she's not burning in the sun.
Announcing the award nominees at Theatre Bay Area's Awards Announcements.
Puppets & Poe. Shannon playing a telepathic celestial being.
Little by Little. 2010.
Cloud 9. 2013.

Resumes & Portfolios

acting_10_22 (pdf)Download
directors_resume_10_22 (pdf)Download
Shannon_R_Davis_3_page_resume (pdf)Download

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