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Shannon

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About Me

Originally from Oakland California, I moved down to Los Angeles to pursue a degree in theatre at UCLA. Since graduating I have performed in many plays and independent films. I am currently a member of the Los Angeles African American Repertory Company. I am very passionate about life and very progressive when it comes to human rights. I believe in the rights of all people and empowering them. My goal in life would be to use my art form as a way to empower people and to tell the story of those voices that often go unheard. Check out my website at http://www.lacasting.com/sshepherdLayout made by Mary

My Interests

Reading, hiking, dancing, going to the beach, shopping (when I have money), dinner parties with great food, going to restaurants, and acting!!!!!!! I also love to travel and have been fortunate enough to go to Mexico, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Trinidad, Atlanta, Lake Tahoe, Oklahoma City, and NYC. There are many more places that I would love to travel to.

I'd like to meet:

I would absolutely love to Meet Assata Shakur!!! If I could sit at a dinner table with anyone it would be her, Cornel West, Maya Angelou, Denzel Washington, Hilary Clinton, Barack Obama, Robert Dinero, Nelson Mandela and Joan Chen just to name a few.

Music:

R&B, hip hop, some alternative , world music, samba, reggae, and a little bit of classical. Basically I'm open to almost any genre of music as long as it's good. I love to lose myself and music and dance. For me it's very similar to acting. Whatever takes me to a higher level of conciousness.

Movies:

Some of my favorites: Rosewood, The Good Fellas,A Bronx Tale, the first two hours of the third King Kong, Eve's Bayou, Dangerous Laiasons, Tremors, The Color Purple, Hustle and Flow, The Usual Supects, Something New, Aliens, Malcom X, Double Indemnity, Coming to America, Central Station and most recently The Hip Hop Project!!!! Go see that movie. I love movies but there has been so much garbage put out their recently it hard to justify paying $10

Television:

I don't really watch tv and my reception is pretty bad in my studio but when I can watch tv I watch PBS, I know that's dorky but I swear that's the best station ever!!!! Recently I've really gotten into Friday Night Lights and Greys Anatomy. Those are the two best shows out there. Oh yes and occasionally I watch Law and Order when I get a chance. It's good stuff. Also, I plan to one day by the entire collection of the original Twilight Zone

Books:

Anything by Wayne Dyer, NO Disrespect by Sistah Souljah( I need to read that again btw), Race Matters, The Farming of Bones(The only book I've ever read that made me SOB) I love Edwidge Danticat. The book still haunts me, Anatomy of the Spirit, Shakespeares anthology of plays, Malcom X, Our Kind of People, The Fate of Africa, Guns, Germs and Steel, Portrait of An Artist as a Young Man, Good Hair, African Folklore and too many plays to count!!!

Heroes:

My grandmother!!!!