Shayna Small

Shayna Small is a New York based-actor/musician/audiobook narrator and director with a mission to tell stories that incite difficult conversations and solutions toward creating justice and equity. Her work as a theater director has been seen at The Kennedy Center, Baltimore CenterStage, LOF Theater, Baltimore School for the Arts, and Showdown Theater in Guildford, England. Her work in audiobooks has amassed over 150 titles as a narrator and 10 titles as a director and engineer at Recorded Books. Some of her favorite titles to direct were [Swap'd](https://www.audible.com/pd/Swapd-Audiobook/1980030200?qid=1637268386&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=M974A1J92S8P44BWCJ2E)(by _New York Times _best-selling author Tamara Ireland Stone, [Audiofile Review](https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/151638/swapd-by-tamara-ireland-stone-read-by-suzy-jackson/)), [Ship of Smoke](https://www.audible.com/pd/Ship-of-Smoke-and-Steel-Audiobook/198001809X?qid=1637268407&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=Q3GS2VSEDB3WFY7A0M85) ([Audiofile Review](https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/160974/ship-of-smoke-and-steel-by-django-wexler-read-by-catherine-ho/)), and [Detonation Event](https://www.audible.com/pd/Detonation-Event-Audiobook/1980023522?qid=1637268710&sr=1-2&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_2&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=NQ9ES32XGTX6FMQYTFVJ). As a teacher and acting coach, she is an Arts Ambassador for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington and has taught regionally and abroad at Stella Adler Conservatory, Snow College, Baltimore School for the Arts, CenterStage, ASTEP, Showdown Theatre, and the Helen Hayes Foundation. She also served as an acting coach for the operetta Qadar under the artistic direction of Denyce Graves.