Sharon Washington

Sharon Washington is a New York actress and playwright who has worked in theatre, film, and television for more than 30 years. Her debut play, Feeding the Dragon, drew on her childhood in a New York Public Library branch where her father was custodian. She was a 2024 MacDowell Fellow in theatre, where she researched her two-act play A Colored Mirror, based on events in New York City in 1917. She was nominated for a 2023 Tony Award as co-writer of the book for New York, New York. Washington is developing a picture book adaptation of her story for Scholastic.